Page 6: Historical Events In August - 15

1944  Allied forces land in the south of France, Marseilles recaptured   

1944  Anvil-Dragoon, U.S. 6th, 7th and French inaugural Armies, attack Southern France and head toward Southern Germany.   

1944  Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed   

1945  South Korea liberated from Japanese rule.   

1945  US wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ends.   

1945  A riot ensued in SF while the city was celebrating the end of WW II.   

1947  India is recorded as becoming independent, Islamic part is recorded as becoming Pakistan   

1947  India gains independence from Britain.   

1947  India declares independence from UK, Islamic part is recorded as becoming Pakistan   

1948  Korea proclaims itself a republic   

1948  Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day).   

1948  3rd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias   

1949  WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1950  8.6 quake results in the deaths of over 1000 in Assam, India.   

1950  8.6 earthquake in India results in the deaths of 20000 to 30000.   

1951  Artur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies at 69   

1952  9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34   

1953  Inmates riot at Kingston Penitentiary; burn three buildings; do $2 million damage   

1956  Constantine Freiherr von Neurath, German foreign minister, dies at 83.   

1957  David Simons reaches 30942 m in Man High 2 balloon   

1957  USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31513 m in F-104 jet fighter.   

1958  William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65   

1960  Congo (Brazzaville) gains independence from France (Natl Day).   

1960  UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen.   

1962  Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia.   

1963  John Powell, composer, dies at 80   

1964  Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill   

1965  US National Guard called out to deal with race riots in Los Angeles.   

1966  Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (Battle of Kolbenau), dies at 64.   

1967  England's Marine Offense Bill making pirate radio stations a crime comes into force, pirate station Radio 355 closes down.   

1967  René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter, dies at 68   

1968  Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting.   

1968  Edward Kilenyi, composer, dies at 84.   

1969  Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm).   

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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 this day in history.   

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

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

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.   

1688  On August - 15 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  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

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 August - 15.   

1057  On this day in history 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  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.