Historical Events In August - 15

1907  On this day in history paul Vincze, medallist   

1907  On this day in history joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

1909  On August - 15 raymond O'Malley, teacher   

1910  On this day in history hugo Winterhalter, composer   

1911  On this day in history procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening   

1912  Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game on August - 15.   

1912  On August - 15 julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)   

1914  Panama Canal opens (under cost) on this day in history.   

1914  13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on this day in history.   

1914  Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer on August - 15.   

1914  Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28] on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia   

1915  Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist on August - 15.   

1915  On August - 15 albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched   

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on this day in history.   

1917  On this day in history prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France   

1918  First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on August - 15.   

1918  US and Russia sever diplomatic ties on August - 15.   

1918  1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) on this day in history.   

1918  Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) on August - 15.   

1918  Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1919  Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) on this day in history.   

1922  Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) on this day in history.   

1923  Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State on August - 15.   

1923  On August - 15 rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)   

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on this day in history.   

1931  Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) on this day in history.   

1935  Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75 on August - 15.   

1936  On this day in history grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64   

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on August - 15.   

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on August - 15.   

1940  On August - 15 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)   

1941  Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto on this day in history.   

1942  5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel 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  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.   

1688  On August - 15 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  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.   

0423  On August - 15 flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

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  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)