Historical Events In August - 15

1907  Paul Vincze, medallist on this day in history.  

1907  On August - 15 joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76  

1909  On August - 15 raymond O'Malley, teacher  

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on this day in history.  

1911  Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening on August - 15.  

1912  On August - 15 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 this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)  

1914  On August - 15 peter Nicholson Gunn, writer  

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1914  Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28] on August - 15.  

1915  Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia on this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist  

1915  Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1918  First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on this day in history.  

1918  On this day in history 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  Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64 on August - 15.  

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

1922  On August - 15 lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)  

1923  Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)  

1925  On August - 15 norway annexes Spitsbergen  

1931  On this day in history ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)  

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

1936  On August - 15 grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64  

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

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

1940  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel  

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on this day in history.  

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

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  

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

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.  

1619  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate  

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher  

0069  On this day in history 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 August - 15.  

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland  

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

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.  

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.