Friday, July 15, 2011

This Day in History: July 15

 -Rembrandt, Dutch painter, is born 1606

-The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-Francois Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign, 1799



-Georgia becomes the last of the former Confederate states admitted to the Union, 1870
 
-In Miami, FL serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan guns down Gianni Versace outside his home, 1997

-Holiday: Elderly Men Day (Kiribati)

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