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Historical Events In August - 15

Wednesday, 22 March 2023

1907  On this day in history paul Vincze, medallist  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1907  On August - 15 joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1909  Raymond O'Malley, teacher on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1911  On August - 15 procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1912  Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1912  On this day in history julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  Panama Canal opens (under cost) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  On this day in history peter Nicholson Gunn, writer  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1914  On August - 15 anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  On this day in history journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1915  On this day in history albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1917  Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  US and Russia sever diplomatic ties on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  On August - 15 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  On this day in history florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1918  On August - 15 peter Gast, composer, dies at 64  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1919  On August - 15 huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1922  Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1923  On this day in history rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1931  Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1935  Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75 on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1936  On August - 15 grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1939  On this day in history "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1940  1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1941  On this day in history kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1942  On this day in history 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 15

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1575  Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1688  On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 15

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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