Today is Saturday, July 15, the 196th day of 2017. There are 169 days left in the year.
1968 — Soap opera "One Life To Live" premiers
1971 — President Nixon announces he would visit People’s Republic of China
1980 — Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher breaks Yogi Berra’s record
1982 — Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
1982 — Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th secretary of state by vote of 97-0
1983 — 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
1984 — Hollis Stacy wins her third U.S. women’s open golf title
1987 — John Poindexter testifies at Iran-Contra hearings