July 15th, 1968...

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(TIME Cover: July the 12th, 1968)

1353 - Vladimir the Bold, Russian prince (d. 1410)
1471 - Eskender, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1494)
1606 - Rembrandt, Dutch artist (d. 1669)
1930 - Jacques Derrida, French philosopher (d. 2004)
1946 - Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei
1949 - Trevor Horn, British music producer, bassist and vocalist (Buggles, Art of Noise, Yes)
1956 - Ian Curtis, British musician, singer, and lyricist (Joy Division) (d. 1980)
1956 - Marky Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1956 - Joe Satriani, American guitarist
1959 - Vincent Lindon, French actor

Luis Walter Alvarez
1911-1988

for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis

USA
University of California - Berkeley, CA, USA

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