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On this day — July 15

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2018

Sport

France win their second World Cup title

defeating Croatia 4–2.

2016

Milestone

Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.

2014

Milestone

A train derails on the Moscow Metro

killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.

2012

Milestone

South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.

2009

Milestone

Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad

Qazvin, Iran, killing 168.

2009

Milestone

Space Shuttle program

Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō module.

2006

Milestone

Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world

is launched.

2003

Politics

AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape

The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.

2002

Milestone

"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.

2002

Milestone

The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan sentences British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death

and three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to life.

1998

Politics

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S

Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.

1996

Milestone

A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

1983

Milestone

An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA

leaving eight people dead and 55 injured.

1983

Milestone

Nintendo and Sega enter the console market with the respective releases of the Famicom and SG-1000 in Japan.

1979

Politics

France win their second World Cup title

Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.

A train derails on the Moscow Metro

South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.

Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad

Space Shuttle program

Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world

AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape

"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.

The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan sentences British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S

A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

An attack at Orly Airport in Paris is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA

Nintendo and Sega enter the console market with the respective releases of the Famicom and SG-1000 in Japan.

U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".