EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
July 15
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Day 195 of 2026 | Week 29 | 164 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
France win their second World Cup title, defeating Croatia 4β2.
Factions of the Turkish Armed Forces attempt a coup.
A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
South Korean rapper Psy releases his hit single Gangnam Style.
Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashes near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran, killing 168.
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour is launched on STS-127 to complete assembly of the International Space Station's KibΕ module.
Twitter, later one of the largest social media platforms in the world, is launched.
AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
"American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleads guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
The Anti-Terrorism Court of Pakistan sentences British born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to death, and three others suspected of murdering The Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl to life.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American film special effects designer and television personality (MythBusters0
American football strong safety (First-team All-Pro 1997; 5 Γ Pro Bowl; Pittsburgh Steelers
French-Swiss actress (Three Colours: Red
American actor (The Young and the Restless
Welsh golfer (British Senior Open 2021)
British politician (L- Foreign Secretary 2007-10)
American MLB player (SF Giants)
American actor (One Life to Live
American actress (All My Children
Danish-Italian actress (Red Sonja
British-Canadian NHL left wing (New Jersey Devils)
British audio engineer
French mystery writer and screenwriter known for "The Crimson Rivers"
Canadian actress (Blaze
American UN weapons inspector in Iraq and convicted sex offender
π― yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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