2015 Event American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first to successfully free-climb the Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a climb of 3,000 feet; the men started the climb on December 27th, 2014 1896 Event 1st public film showing in U.S. John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in New York City 1896 Event John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (New York City) 1515 Death Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, el Gran Capitan, Span gen, dies at 62
