Historical Events In August - 15

1907  On this day in history paul Vincze, medallist  

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

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

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on August - 15.  

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 August - 15.  

1914  13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on August - 15.  

1914  On this day in history peter Nicholson Gunn, writer  

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

1915  On this day in history journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia  

1915  Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist on August - 15.  

1915  On this day in history albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched  

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

1918  US and Russia sever diplomatic ties on August - 15.  

1918  On August - 15 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)  

1918  On this day in history florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)  

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  Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) on this day in history.  

1923  Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State on August - 15.  

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

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on August - 15.  

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

1935  Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75 on August - 15.  

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

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

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

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

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.  

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.  

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

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

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  

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

1688  On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies  

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.  

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.  

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

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan  

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies  

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