Historical Events In August - 15
Saturday, 13 August 2022
1907 On this day in history paul Vincze, medallist
1907 Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1909 On August - 15 raymond O'Malley, teacher
1910 Hugo Winterhalter, composer on August - 15.
1911 Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening on August - 15.
1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game on this day in history.
1912 On August - 15 julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)
1914 On this day in history panama Canal opens (under cost)
1914 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on this day in history.
1914 On this day in history peter Nicholson Gunn, writer
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 August - 15.
1915 On this day in history alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist
1915 On this day in history albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched
1916 Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on this day in history.
1917 On August - 15 prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France
1918 On this day in history first full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)
1918 On this day in history uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties
1918 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) on this day in history.
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 Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) on August - 15.
1922 Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) on this day in history.
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 August - 15 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 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 "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on August - 15.
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 On August - 15 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
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