15 July 1766

Croatian Mario Mandžukić scored the first own goal in a FIFA World Cup final in their defeat to France.

South Korean rapper Psy (pictured) released his hit single "Gangnam Style".

Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed in northwestern Iran, killing all 168 people aboard.

Sega's first home video game console, the SG-1000 (pictured), was released in Japan.

The all-female Emilia Plater Independent Women's Battalion was formed in the Soviet Union's First Polish Army.

Following the transfer of Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company, Manitoba was established as a province of Canada.

Aboard HMS Bellerophon, French emperor Napoleon surrendered to Royal Navy captain Frederick Lewis Maitland, concluding the Napoleonic Wars.

French soldiers at Fort Julien, near the Egyptian port city of Rashid, uncovered the Rosetta Stone, which was essential in the decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts.

The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald, the decisive engagement of the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.

France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4–2.

Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.

A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.

South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.

Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168.

Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's Kibō module.

Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.

AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.

"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil MP S. Shanmuganathan is killed by a claymore mine.

A Belgian Air Force C-130 Hercules carrying the Royal Netherlands Army marching band crashes on landing at Eindhoven Airport.

Nintendo and Sega enter the console market with the respective releases of the Famicom and SG-1000 in Japan.

U.S. president Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".

Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.

In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing Makarios III and installing Nikos Sampson as the president of Cyprus.