Page 5: Historical Events In August - 15

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  On this day in history hugo Winterhalter, composer   

1911  On this day in history procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening   

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

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

1914  Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on this day in history.   

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 August - 15 uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties   

1918  On this day in history 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  Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) on August - 15.   

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  Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) on this day in history.   

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on August - 15.   

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

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

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

1940  On August - 15 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)   

1941  Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto on August - 15.   

1942  5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel on August - 15.   

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

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

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

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

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

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

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

1040  On August - 15 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  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.