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  Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 on this day in history.   

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

1971  Bahrain gains independence from Britain on August - 15.   

1971  Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents   

1971  On this day in history paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76   

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 August - 15 south Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination   

1974  On August - 15 edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82   

1975  On this day in history mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53   

1976  Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80   

1979  On this day in history hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people   

1982  Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1983  Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42 on August - 15.   

1985  On August - 15 richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68   

1986  On August - 15 pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger   

1988  Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 on August - 15.   

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

1990  Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.   

1991  750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1996  Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 on August - 15.   

2000  On this day in history 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.   

2007  An 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean on this day in history.   

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

2007  On August - 15 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.   

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

1195  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1619  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  On August - 15 birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

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 August - 15 stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

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 August - 15.   

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.