Historical Events In August - 15

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

1969  Woodstock music festival on August - 15.  

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

1970  Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1971  On August - 15 bahrain gains independence from Britain  

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 August - 15.  

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

1973  Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens on this day in history.  

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1974  On this day in history south Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination  

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  On August - 15 jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84  

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

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 this day in history.  

1983  Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42 on August - 15.  

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

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  F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies on this day in history.  

1990  Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.  

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  On August - 15 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  On this day in history agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86  

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  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  On August - 15 india marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.  

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

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  

1619  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate  

1688  On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  

1702  On August - 15 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  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies  

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.  

1038  On August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  

1040  On August - 15 death of king Duncan I of Scotland  

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.  

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

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)