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Today in History: Friday, July\u00a0 15, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 15, 1948, President Harry S. Truman was nominated for another term by the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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1606<\/td>\nThe painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1870<\/td>\nGeorgia became the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nSen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nPresident Richard Nixon announced he would visit the People’s Republic of China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1979<\/td>\nPresident Jimmy Carter delivered a speech in which he lamented what he called a “crisis of confidence” in America. Though he didn’t use the word, it became known as the “malaise” speech.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1992<\/td>\nArkansas Gov. Bill Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1996<\/td>\nMSNBC, a 24-hour all-news network, made its debut on cable TV and the Internet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/td>\nFashion designer Gianni Versace was shot to death outside his home in Miami; suspected gunman Andrew Phillip Cunanan was found dead eight days later.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nJohn Walker Lindh, an American who had fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to two felonies in a deal sparing him life in prison.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nA Pakistani judge convicted four Islamic militants in the kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nThe Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles announced it was settling clergy sex-abuse cases for $660 million.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nThe Philadelphia Phillies lost for the 10,000th time in franchise history, a 10-2 defeat at the hands of the visiting St. Louis Cardinals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nBP stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after 85 days using a 75-ton cap lowered onto the well earlier in the week.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nRupert Murdoch accepted the resignation of The Wall Street Journal’s publisher, Les Hinton, and the chief of his British operations, Rebekah Brooks, as the once-defiant media mogul struggled to control an escalating phone hacking scandal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nJennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony announced they were breaking up after seven years of marriage.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Diane Kruger turns 40 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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George Voinovich<\/td>\nFormer Ohio governor, U.S. senator<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patrick Wayne<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n77<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Millie Jackson<\/td>\nR&B singer<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jan-Michael Vincent<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linda Ronstadt<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Artimus Pyle<\/td>\nRock musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terry O’Quinn<\/td>\nActor (“Lost”)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen<\/td>\nU.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman, R-Fla.<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Stallworth<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Satriani<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kim Alexis<\/td>\nModel<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Willie Aames<\/td>\nActor (“Eight is Enough”)<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lolita Davidovich<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forest Whitaker<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brigitte Nielsen<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eddie Griffin<\/td>\nActor, comedian<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scott Foley<\/td>\nActor (“The Unit,” “Felicity”)<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian Austin Green<\/td>\nActor (“Beverly Hills 90210”)<\/td>\n43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The Huffington Post editor-in-chief Arianna Huffington turns 66 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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