Historical Events In August - 15

1907  On this day in history paul Vincze, medallist  

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

1909  On August - 15 raymond O'Malley, teacher  

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on August - 15.  

1911  Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening on August - 15.  

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

1914  On this day in history peter Nicholson Gunn, writer  

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 this day in history alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist  

1915  On this day in history albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched  

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

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  On this day in history uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties  

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

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  Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) on August - 15.  

1922  Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) on this day in history.  

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

1923  Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) on this day in history.  

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

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on August - 15.  

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 August - 15.  

1942  On August - 15 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel  

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on this day in history.  

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)  

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.  

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

1613  On August - 15 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 this day in history 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  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.  

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander  

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland  

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan  

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

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)