Page 5: Historical Events In August - 15

1907  On this day in history paul Vincze, medallist   

1907  On August - 15 joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

1909  On August - 15 raymond O'Malley, teacher   

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1912  Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef) on August - 15.   

1914  Panama Canal opens (under cost) on August - 15.   

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  Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia on August - 15.   

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

1915  Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched on August - 15.   

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on August - 15.   

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

1918  On August - 15 first full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)   

1918  US and Russia sever diplomatic ties on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history peter Gast, composer, dies at 64   

1919  Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) on August - 15.   

1922  On August - 15 lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)   

1923  On August - 15 eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

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

1925  On this day in history norway annexes Spitsbergen   

1931  On this day in history ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)   

1935  On this day in history gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75   

1936  On August - 15 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 this day in history.   

1940  On this day in history 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)   

1941  On August - 15 kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto   

1942  On August - 15 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel   

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on this day in history.   

1195  On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

0069  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

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  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

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