Today in History FacebookTwitterEmail Today in History Today is Thursday, July 15, the 196th day of 2021. There are 169 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 15, 1834, the Spanish Inquisition was abolished more than 3 1/2 centuries after its creation. On this date: In 1870, Georgia became the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union. Manitoba entered confederation as the fifth Canadian province. In 1910, the term “Alzheimer’s disease” was used to describe a progressive form of presenile dementia in the book “Clinical Psychiatry” by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin, who credited the work of his colleague, Alois (al-WAH’) Alzheimer, in identifying the condition.