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Historical Events In August - 15

Sunday, 01 October 2023

2013  On August - 15 20 people are killed and 200 are injured in an explosion in Beirut  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  Falling tree kills 13, injures 49 at a religious festival in Funchal, on Portuguese island of Madeira on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On this day in history scientists genetic study of the apple reveal its origin was in Kazakhstan, published in "Nature Communications"  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On this day in history barack Obama 's tweet "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." in response to Charlottesville violence becomes most-liked tweet ever  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  Daniel Craig confirms he will play James Bond one more time on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Italian PM Giuseppe Conte declares a 12-month state of emergency in Liguria after the collapse of the Morandi Bridge on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On this day in history boat overturns in floods near the Nile in Northern Sudan, leaving 25 dead, most of them school children  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Suicide bomber attacks tuition centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 48 and injuring 67 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On August - 15 australian Senator Fraser Anning evokes Nazi euphemism "a final solution to the immigration problem", in proposing outlawing Muslim immigration into Australia in parliament speech  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On this day in history record 72,000 Americans (up 10%) killed by drug overdoses in 2017 in new figures by Centers for Disease Control  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On this day in history first ever US execution by fentanyl of Carey Dean Moore at Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Bar-hopping for pintxos (Basque tapas) in San Sebastián, Spain, named world's best food experience in Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eatlist on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  US President Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA Director and Trump critic John Brennan on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2019  On this day in history the European Central Bank shuts down PNB Banka after ruling it had become insolvent; this bank, previously called Norvik Banka, was Latvia's sixth-largest lender, and was a critic of the Baltic country's financial authorities.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2020  On August - 15 the Japanese bulk carrier Wakashio, which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month, breaks in half. Approximately 1,000 tonnes of oil are spilled into the ocean, becoming the largest environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2021  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls a snap election for 20 September, two years ahead of schedule on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2021  On this day in history 2021 Taliban offensive: The Taliban capture Kabul; the Afghan government surrenders to the Taliban.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In August - 15

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 15

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0069  On August - 15 death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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