Daily Archives: July 15, 2025

Apollo blasts into orbit for a rendezvous with Soyuz 50 years ago this hour (July 15 1975)


Video: 'ASTP TV Coverage - Apollo Launch'

(Thursday, July 15, 1975, 3:50:00 p.m. EDT) — Three American astronauts blasted off aboard an Apollo spaceship today hours after two Soviet cosmonauts were launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft for a mission that included a linkup of the two ships in orbit.

Shockingly gaunt Rock Hudson appears at news conference 40 years ago today (July 15 1985)


Video: '1985 - Rock Hudson "Mystery Illness"' (July 15, 1985, at 1:11-1:20)

(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. Continue reading Shockingly gaunt Rock Hudson appears at news conference 40 years ago today (July 15 1985)

President Truman arrives in Antwerp, Belgium for Potsdam Conference 80 years ago this hour (July 15 1945)


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(Sunday, July 15, 1945, Truman stepped down the gangway of Augusta at 11:10 a.m. Central European Summer Time; 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. Continue reading President Truman arrives in Antwerp, Belgium for Potsdam Conference 80 years ago this hour (July 15 1945)