Page 5: Historical Events In August - 15

1907  Paul Vincze, medallist on this day in history.   

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

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

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on this day in history.   

1911  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)   

1914  Panama Canal opens (under cost) on this day in history.   

1914  13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1915  Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history first full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)   

1918  US and Russia sever diplomatic ties on this day in history.   

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

1918  On August - 15 florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)   

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

1919  On August - 15 huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)   

1922  On this day in history lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)   

1923  On this day in history eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

1923  On August - 15 rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)   

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

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

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

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 August - 15.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

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

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.   

0069  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

1040  On this day in history 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  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.   

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)