Page 5: 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 August - 15.   

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening   

1912  On August - 15 yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game   

1912  Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef) on August - 15.   

1914  Panama Canal opens (under cost) on August - 15.   

1914  13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 15 peter Nicholson Gunn, writer   

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

1915  On this day in history journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia   

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

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

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on August - 15.   

1917  On August - 15 prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France   

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

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 August - 15 florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)   

1918  Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 15 rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)   

1925  On August - 15 norway annexes Spitsbergen   

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

1935  On August - 15 gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75   

1936  On this day in history grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64   

1939  On August - 15 "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood   

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on this day in history.   

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 August - 15.   

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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 August - 15.   

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  On August - 15 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 August - 15.   

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.