Hisdates•ComPage 8: Historical Events In August - 15
Sunday, 05 January 2025
2013 On August - 15 20 people are killed and 200 are injured in an explosion in Beirut 
2017 On August - 15 falling tree kills 13, injures 49 at a religious festival in Funchal, on Portuguese island of Madeira
2017 Scientists genetic study of the apple reveal its origin was in Kazakhstan, published in "Nature Communications" on August - 15.
2017 Barack Obama 's tweet "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." in response to Charlottesville violence becomes most-liked tweet ever on August - 15.
2017 Daniel Craig confirms he will play James Bond one more time on August - 15.
2018 On this day in history italian PM Giuseppe Conte declares a 12-month state of emergency in Liguria after the collapse of the Morandi Bridge
2018 Boat overturns in floods near the Nile in Northern Sudan, leaving 25 dead, most of them school children on this day in history.
2018 Suicide bomber attacks tuition centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 48 and injuring 67 on August - 15.
2018 Australian Senator Fraser Anning evokes Nazi euphemism "a final solution to the immigration problem", in proposing outlawing Muslim immigration into Australia in parliament speech on August - 15.
2018 Record 72,000 Americans (up 10%) killed by drug overdoses in 2017 in new figures by Centers for Disease Control on August - 15.
2018 First ever US execution by fentanyl of Carey Dean Moore at Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln on August - 15.
2018 On August - 15 bar-hopping for pintxos (Basque tapas) in San Sebastián, Spain, named world's best food experience in Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eatlist
2018 US President Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA Director and Trump critic John Brennan on August - 15.
2019 The European Central Bank shuts down PNB Banka after ruling it had become insolvent; this bank, previously called Norvik Banka, was Latvia's sixth-largest lender, and was a critic of the Baltic country's financial authorities on this day in history.
2020 The Japanese bulk carrier Wakashio, which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month, breaks in half. Approximately 1,000 tonnes of oil are spilled into the ocean, becoming the largest environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius on August - 15.
2021 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls a snap election for 20 September, two years ahead of schedule on August - 15.
2021 On August - 15 2021 Taliban offensive: The Taliban capture Kabul; the Afghan government surrenders to the Taliban.
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