Page 7: Historical Events In August - 15

1969  Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) on this day in history.   

1969  Woodstock music festival on August - 15.   

1969  On this day in history stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97   

1970  On this day in history karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66   

1971  On August - 15 bahrain gains independence from Britain   

1971  Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia on August - 15.   

1971  Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents on August - 15.   

1971  Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76 on August - 15.   

1972  On August - 15 alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89   

1973  On this day in history black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens   

1974  On this day in history south Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination   

1974  Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 on August - 15.   

1975  On August - 15 mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53   

1976  On August - 15 jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84   

1978  Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1979  Hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people on this day in history.   

1982  On August - 15 patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60   

1983  Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42 on this day in history.   

1985  Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger   

1988  On this day in history barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82   

1989  F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66   

1991  750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park on August - 15.   

1991  On August - 15 marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74   

1992  Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies on August - 15.   

1993  On August - 15 robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93   

1994  Shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80 on August - 15.   

1995  On this day in history erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77   

1996  On August - 15 agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86   

2000  A group of 100 separated family members from North Korea arrive in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they have not seen for half a century on August - 15.   

2007  On August - 15 an 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.   

2007  India marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire on this day in history.   

2007  NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed on August - 15.   

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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.   

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

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on August - 15.   

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.