What Happened on July 15, 1892

Famous Birthdays

  • Henry Johnson, American soldier of 369th regiment (aka Harlem Hell Fighters), 1st US WWI soldier to receive the Croix de guerre after fighting a German raid in hand-to-hand combat to rescue a fellow soldier (posthumous Medal of Honour, 2015), born in Tallahassee, Florida, (d. 1929)
  • Walter Benjamin, German literary critic and philosopher (The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technical Reproducibility), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1940)

About July 15, 1892

Day of the Week: Friday
How Long Ago? 131 years, 9 months and 13 days
Leap Year: Yes

Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Cancer