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  On August - 15 woodstock music festival   

1969  On August - 15 stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97   

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

1971  Bahrain gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1972  Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1973  Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens on August - 15.   

1974  On August - 15 south Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination   

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  Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80 on August - 15.   

1979  Hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people on August - 15.   

1982  Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 on August - 15.   

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

1985  Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 on August - 15.   

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  On this day in history f de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1993  Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

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  Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history 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 August - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

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1171  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  On this day in history birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

1688  On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

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

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.   

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.   

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

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 this day in history.