Page 5: Historical Events In August - 15

1907  Paul Vincze, medallist on August - 15.   

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

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

1910  On August - 15 hugo Winterhalter, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1914  Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer on August - 15.   

1914  Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28] on August - 15.   

1915  On August - 15 journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia   

1915  Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist on this day in history.   

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

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on this day in history.   

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

1918  First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on this day in history.   

1918  On August - 15 uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties   

1918  1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) on August - 15.   

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

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 August - 15 eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

1923  Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) on August - 15.   

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on August - 15.   

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

1935  On this day in history gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75   

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

1939  On this day in history "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood   

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 this day in history.   

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on this day in history.   

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.   

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

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

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.   

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

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.