Page 7: Historical Events In August - 15

1969  Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) on August - 15.   

1969  On August - 15 woodstock music festival   

1969  Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 on this day in history.   

1970  On August - 15 karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66   

1971  Bahrain gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia.   

1971  Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents on August - 15.   

1971  Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 on this day in history.   

1972  Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1973  Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens on August - 15.   

1974  South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination on August - 15.   

1974  On August - 15 edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82   

1975  Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 on August - 15.   

1976  On this day in history jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84   

1978  Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80 on August - 15.   

1979  Hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people on this day in history.   

1982  Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42   

1985  On August - 15 richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68   

1986  Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger on August - 15.   

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  On August - 15 nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66   

1991  750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park on August - 15.   

1991  On this day in history marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74   

1992  On August - 15 evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies   

1993  Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 on August - 15.   

1994  Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80 on August - 15.   

1995  Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1996  Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 on August - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

2007  An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

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1171  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

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

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

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  On August - 15 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 August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.   

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