Page 7: Historical Events In August - 15

1969  Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) on August - 15.   

1969  Woodstock music festival on August - 15.   

1969  Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 on August - 15.   

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

1971  On this day in history 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  On August - 15 paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76   

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 August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

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

1989  On August - 15 f de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies   

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

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

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  Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 on August - 15.   

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

1995  Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77 on August - 15.   

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  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  India marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire on August - 15.   

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 August - 15.   

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

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  On August - 15 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 August - 15.   

1038  On this day in history 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 August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

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