Historical Events In August - 15

1907  Paul Vincze, medallist on this day in history.   

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history panama Canal opens (under cost)   

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  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 this day in history aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1923  Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State on this day in history.   

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

1925  On this day in history 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 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  1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

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

0069  On August - 15 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  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  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.   

1118  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.