Historical Events In August - 15

1907  On August - 15 paul Vincze, medallist  

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on August - 15.  

1909  Raymond O'Malley, teacher on this day in history.  

1910  On August - 15 hugo Winterhalter, composer  

1911  Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening on August - 15.  

1912  Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game on August - 15.  

1912  On August - 15 julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)  

1914  On August - 15 panama Canal opens (under cost)  

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

1914  On August - 15 peter Nicholson Gunn, writer  

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

1915  Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia on August - 15.  

1915  On August - 15 alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist  

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

1916  On August - 15 aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer  

1917  On August - 15 prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France  

1918  First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on August - 15.  

1918  On this day in history uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties  

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

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

1918  On this day in history peter Gast, composer, dies at 64  

1919  On this day in history huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)  

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

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  On August - 15 norway annexes Spitsbergen  

1931  Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1939  On August - 15 "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  On this day in history kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto  

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

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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 this day in history.  

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  

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

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

1619  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate  

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 this day in history.  

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.  

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

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander  

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

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  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 August - 15.