Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In August - 15
Friday, 29 August 2025
1969 On August - 15 woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 
1969 On August - 15 woodstock music festival
1969 On August - 15 stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97
1970 On August - 15 karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
1971 Bahrain gains independence from Britain on this day in history.
1971 On August - 15 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 On this day in history paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76
1972 On August - 15 alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89
1973 On this day in history black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens
1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination on this day in history.
1974 Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 on August - 15.
1975 On this day in history mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
1976 Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 on August - 15.
1978 On August - 15 harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80
1979 On this day in history hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people
1982 On this day in history patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60
1983 On August - 15 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 Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 on August - 15.
1989 On this day in history 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 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 On this day in history evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies
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 Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 on August - 15.
2000 On this day in history 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 August - 15 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 this day in history 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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