On this day in history - July 15

What Happened On This Day – July 15

• 1996 MSNBC is launched

  The American news television channel was created by Microsoft and General Electric's NBC unit. The first show of the channel was hosted by Jodi Applegate.

• 1994 Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collides with Jupiter

  The Jupiter orbiting comet collided with Jupiter. It was the first time in recorded history that Astronomers had observed a collision between two celestial objects.

• 1983 Orly Airport attack

  A Turkish Airlines check-in counter was bombed at the Orly Airport in Paris, killing 8 people and injuring more than 50 people. The Armenian militant organization ASALA took responsibility for the attack.

• 1955 Mainau Declaration is signed by 18 Nobel laureates

  The declaration against the use of nuclear weapons was initiated by German scientists Otto Hahn and Max Born.

• 1799 The Rosetta Stone is found

  The ancient Egyptian rock inscribed with a decree by King Ptolemy V was found in the Egyptian port city of Rashid (Rosetta) by French Captain Pierre Bouchard.