Page 5: Historical Events In August - 15

1907  Paul Vincze, medallist on this day in history.   

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1909  Raymond O'Malley, teacher on August - 15.   

1910  On August - 15 hugo Winterhalter, composer   

1911  Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game   

1912  Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef) on this day in history.   

1914  Panama Canal opens (under cost) on August - 15.   

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  On August - 15 journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia   

1915  On August - 15 alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist   

1915  Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched on August - 15.   

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on August - 15.   

1917  Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France on August - 15.   

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 this day in history 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 August - 15 peter Gast, composer, dies at 64   

1919  On August - 15 huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)   

1922  On this day in history lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)   

1923  On August - 15 eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

1923  On August - 15 rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)   

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on this day in history.   

1931  Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) on August - 15.   

1935  On August - 15 gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75   

1936  Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 on August - 15.   

1939  On this day in history "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood   

1939  On August - 15 "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood   

1940  On this day in history 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)   

1941  On this day in history kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto   

1942  5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel on this day in history.   

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1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.   

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.   

1118  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)