Historical Events In August - 15
Saturday, 06 March 2021
1907 Paul Vincze, medallist on August - 15.
1907 On this day in history joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76
1909 Raymond O'Malley, teacher on August - 15.
1910 On August - 15 hugo Winterhalter, composer
1911 On August - 15 procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game on August - 15.
1912 On this day in history julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)
1914 Panama Canal opens (under cost) on this day in history.
1914 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on August - 15.
1914 On August - 15 peter Nicholson Gunn, writer
1914 On August - 15 anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]
1915 Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia on August - 15.
1915 On August - 15 alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist
1915 On this day in history albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched
1916 On August - 15 aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer
1917 On this day in history prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France
1918 On August - 15 first full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)
1918 On August - 15 uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties
1918 On August - 15 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1918 Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) on this day in history.
1918 On this day in history peter Gast, composer, dies at 64
1919 Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) on August - 15.
1922 On August - 15 lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)
1923 On this day in history eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
1923 Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) on this day in history.
1925 On this day in history norway annexes Spitsbergen
1931 On this day in history ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
1935 On this day in history gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75
1936 Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 on this day in history.
1939 "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on this day in history.
1939 On this day in history "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
1940 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) on this day in history.
1941 Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto on August - 15.
1942 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel on August - 15.
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