July 15

Events

 * 1907 - A U.S. patent was issued to Dr Lee de Forest for the three-element vacuum tube.

Births

 * 1913 –, American country singer (d. 1963)
 * 1913 –, American violinist (d. 2007)
 * 1933 –, English guitarist and lutenist
 * 1934 –, English composer
 * 1944 –, American singer
 * 1946 –, American singer
 * 1947 –, British guitarist (Yes)
 * 1948 –, American singer
 * 1948 –, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
 * 1949 –, British music producer
 * 1952 –, American musician (d. 1991)
 * 1956 –, British musician (d. 1980)
 * 1956 –, American musician (Ramones)
 * 1956 –, American guitarist
 * 1966 –, English drummer; son of John Bonham
 * 1973 –, Lebanese-born drummer (System of a Down)
 * 1974 –, Filipino musician
 * 1977 –, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
 * 1977 –, American guitarist (My Chemical Romance)
 * 1984 –, American musician
 * 1992 –, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)