Today In History

Today is Thursday, July 15, the 196th day of 2021. There are 169 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1834: The Spanish Inquisition was abolished more than 3 1/2 centuries after its creation.

ON THIS DATE

› 1870: Georgia became the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union. Manitoba entered confederation as the fifth Canadian province.

› 1910: The term “Alzheimer’s disease” was used to describe a progressive form of presenile dementia in the book “Clinical Psychiatry” by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin, who credited the work of his colleague, Alois Alzheimer, in identifying the condition.

› 1913: Augustus Bacon, D-Ga., became the first person elected to the U.S. Senate under the terms of the recently ratified 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, providing for popular election of senators.

› 1916: Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products Co., was founded in Seattle.

› 1918: The Second Battle of the Marne, resulting in an Allied victory, began during World War I.

› 1975: Three American astronauts blasted off aboard an Apollo spaceship hours after two Soviet cosmonauts were launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft for a mission that included a linkup of the two ships in orbit.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Patrick Wayne is 82. R&B singer Millie Jackson is 77. Rock singer-musician Peter Lewis (Moby Grape) is 76. Singer Linda Ronstadt is

75. Rock musician Artimus Pyle is 73. Arianna Huffington, co-founder of The Huffington Post, is

71. Rock musician Marky Ramone is 69. Rock musician Joe Satriani is 65. Model Kim Alexis is 61. Actor Willie Aames is

61. Actor-director Forest Whitaker is 60. Actor Lolita Davidovich is 60. Actor Amanda Foreman is 55. R&B singer Stokley (Mint Condition) is 54. Actor-comedian Eddie Griffin is 53. Actor Reggie Hayes is 52. Actor-screenwriter Jim Rash is 50. Rock musician John Dolmayan is 49. Actor Scott Foley is 49. Actor Brian Austin Green is 48. Rapper Jim Jones is 45. Actor Laura Benanti is 42. Actor Taylor Kinney is

40. Actor-singer Tristan “Mack” Wilds is 32. Actor Medalion Rahimi is 29. Actor Iain Armitage (TV: “Big Little Lies” “Young Sheldon”) is 13.