Daily Archives: July 15, 2015

A shockingly gaunt Rock Hudson appears at news conference 30 years ago today (July 15 1985)


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(Monday, July 15, 1985) — A shockingly gaunt Rock Hudson appeared at a news conference today with actress Doris Day to promote her new TV cable show Doris Day’s Best Friends in which Hudson was videotaped visiting Day’s ranch in Carmel, California, a few days earlier.

President Truman arrives in Antwerp, Belgium for Potsdam Conference 70 years ago this hour (July 15 1945)


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(Sunday, July 15, 1945, 10:04 a.m. CEST; during World War II) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman arrived in Antwerp, Belgium, this morning aboard the USS Augusta, bound for Antwerp, Belgium, for the Potsdam Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin on July 17, 1945, in Potsdam, occupied Germany (click here for a clip of this event from “American Experience: Truman” at 1:52:51). Continue reading President Truman arrives in Antwerp, Belgium for Potsdam Conference 70 years ago this hour (July 15 1945)