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  On August - 15 hugo Winterhalter, composer   

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  On this day in history panama Canal opens (under cost)   

1914  On August - 15 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)   

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

1914  On August - 15 anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]   

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

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

1918  On August - 15 uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties   

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

1918  On this day in history florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy)   

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 August - 15.   

1922  On this day in history lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)   

1923  Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State on this day in history.   

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 August - 15 ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)   

1935  On August - 15 gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75   

1936  Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1941  Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto on August - 15.   

1942  5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel on this day in history.   

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

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on this day in history.   

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

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

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 August - 15.   

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  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.