Page 5: Historical Events In August - 15

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

1909  Raymond O'Malley, teacher   

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer.   

1911  Procter and Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening.   

1912  Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game   

1912  Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)   

1914  Panama Canal opens (under cost)   

1914  13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2).   

1914  Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer.   

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

1915  Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia   

1915  Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist   

1915  Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched   

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer.   

1917  In this year, Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) claims the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France   

1918  inaugural full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)   

1918  US and Russia sever diplomatic ties   

1918  1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania).   

1918  Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy).   

1918  Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64   

1919  Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game).   

1922  Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)   

1923  Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

1923  Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show).   

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen   

1931  Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6102 mi).   

1935  Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75   

1936  Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64   

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood.   

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood   

1940  1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)   

1941  Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto   

1942  5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel   

1943  Allies land on Kiska Aleutians.   

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

1195  On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

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 this day in history.   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

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

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.