Event:
Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard
More Notable Events on July 15:
1996 MSNBC begins Microsoft internet-NBC TV
1996 Prince Charles and Princess Di sign divorce papers
1964 Barry M. Goldwater nominated for president by Republicans
1948 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain
1922 1st duck-billed platypus publicly exhibited in U.S., at New York zoo
