Historical Events In August - 15
Wednesday, 22 March 2023
1907 On this day in history paul Vincze, medallist
1907 On August - 15 joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76
1909 Raymond O'Malley, teacher on August - 15.
1910 Hugo Winterhalter, composer on August - 15.
1911 On August - 15 procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game on August - 15.
1912 On this day in history julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)
1914 Panama Canal opens (under cost) on August - 15.
1914 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on August - 15.
1914 On this day in history peter Nicholson Gunn, writer
1914 On August - 15 anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]
1915 On this day in history journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia
1915 Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist on August - 15.
1915 On this day in history albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched
1916 Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on August - 15.
1917 Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France on August - 15.
1918 First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on this day in history.
1918 US and Russia sever diplomatic ties on August - 15.
1918 On August - 15 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1918 On this day in history florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)
1918 On August - 15 peter Gast, composer, dies at 64
1919 On August - 15 huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)
1922 Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) on this day in history.
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 Norway annexes Spitsbergen on August - 15.
1931 Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) on August - 15.
1935 Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75 on August - 15.
1936 On August - 15 grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64
1939 "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on August - 15.
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 On this day in history kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
1942 On this day in history 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
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