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

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

1915  On August - 15 journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia   

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

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

1916  On this day in history aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer   

1917  Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France on this day in history.   

1918  On August - 15 first full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)   

1918  On August - 15 uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties   

1918  1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) on this day in history.   

1918  Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) on August - 15.   

1918  Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64 on August - 15.   

1919  Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) on this day in history.   

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

1923  On August - 15 eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

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

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on this day in history.   

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

1935  Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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 August - 15.   

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

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

1941  Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto on this day in history.   

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

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1171  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

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

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

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

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

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  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.   

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.