Historical Events In August - 15

1907  Paul Vincze, medallist on this day in history.   

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

1909  Raymond O'Malley, teacher on this day in history.   

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on August - 15.   

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

1912  On this day in history yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game   

1912  Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef) on this day in history.   

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

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

1914  Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer on this day in history.   

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

1915  Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia on this day in history.   

1915  Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist on this day in history.   

1915  Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer   

1917  On August - 15 prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France   

1918  On this day in history first full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)   

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

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

1918  On August - 15 florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)   

1918  On August - 15 peter Gast, composer, dies at 64   

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  On this day in history eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

1923  Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) on August - 15.   

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on August - 15.   

1931  Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) on August - 15.   

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

1936  Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 on August - 15.   

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on this day in history.   

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

1940  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel   

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1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

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 August - 15 birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

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

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

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

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

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

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

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

1057  On August - 15 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 this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)