Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In August - 15
Thursday, 16 October 2025
1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) on August - 15. 
1969 On August - 15 woodstock music festival
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 On August - 15 hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia.
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 this day in history.
1972 On this day in history alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89
1973 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens on this day in history.
1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination on this day in history.
1974 Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 on this day in history.
1975 Mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53 on this day in history.
1976 Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1978 On August - 15 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 this day in history.
1985 Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1986 Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger on this day in history.
1988 Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 on this day in history.
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 August - 15.
1991 On this day in history marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
1992 On this day in history evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies
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 Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86
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 August - 15.
2007 On this day in history india marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.
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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