Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In August - 15
Thursday, 18 September 2025
1969 On August - 15 woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 
1969 On this day in history woodstock music festival
1969 Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 on this day in history.
1970 Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66 on August - 15.
1971 On August - 15 bahrain gains independence from Britain
1971 Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia on August - 15.
1971 Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents on this day in history.
1971 On August - 15 paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76
1972 Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1973 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens on this day in history.
1974 On August - 15 south Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination
1974 Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 on August - 15.
1975 Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 on August - 15.
1976 Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1978 Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80 on August - 15.
1979 Hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people on August - 15.
1982 Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 on August - 15.
1983 On this day in history anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42
1985 On this day in history richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
1986 Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82
1989 On August - 15 f de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies
1990 Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66 on August - 15.
1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park on August - 15.
1991 On August - 15 marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
1992 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies on August - 15.
1993 On August - 15 robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93
1994 On August - 15 shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80
1995 Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1996 On August - 15 agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86
2000 A group of 100 separated family members from North Korea arrive in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they have not seen for half a century on August - 15.
2007 An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean on this day in history.
2007 India marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire on this day in history.
2007 NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed on this day in history.
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