Historical Events In August - 15

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

1969  Woodstock music festival on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97  

1970  On this day in history karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66  

1971  Bahrain gains independence from Britain on August - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1972  On this day in history alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89  

1973  On this day in history black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens  

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  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  On this day in history patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60  

1983  Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

1985  Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1986  On August - 15 pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger  

1988  Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1989  On August - 15 f de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies  

1990  On this day in history nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66  

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

1991  On this day in history 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 this day in history shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80  

1995  Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77 on August - 15.  

1996  On August - 15 agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86  

2000  On August - 15 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.  

2007  On this day in history an 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.  

2007  On this day in history india marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.  

2007  On August - 15 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.  

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.  

1195  On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)  

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  

1575  Bartol Kašić, 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  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.  

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 this day in history.  

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies  

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.