Page 7: 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  On August - 15 woodstock music festival   

1969  On August - 15 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 this day in history.   

1971  Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia on August - 15.   

1971  On this day in history pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents   

1971  Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 on August - 15.   

1972  Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89 on August - 15.   

1973  On August - 15 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 this day in history.   

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 August - 15.   

1978  On this day in history harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80   

1979  On this day in history hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people   

1982  Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 on August - 15.   

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

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  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 this day in history 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park   

1991  On August - 15 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 this day in history robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93   

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

1995  On August - 15 erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77   

1996  Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

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

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.   

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)