Year 2003
AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
JULY 15
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15 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 15 July.
Year 2006
Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
Year 2014
A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
Year 2016
Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
Born 1903
K. Kamaraj, Indian journalist and politician (d. 1975)
Born 1906
R. S. Mugali, Indian poet and academic (d. 1993)
Born 1915
Kashmir Singh Katoch, Indian army officer (d. 2007)
Born 1928
Viramachaneni Vimla Devi, Indian parliamentarian
Born 1933
M. T. Vasudevan Nair, Indian author and screenwriter
Born 1937
Prabhash Joshi, Indian journalist (d. 2009)
Born 1956
Ashoke Sen, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist
Died 1953
Geevarghese Mar Ivanios, Indian archbishop, founded the Order of the Imitation of Christ (b. 1882)