Historical Events In August - 15
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1907 On August - 15 paul Vincze, medallist
1907 Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on August - 15.
1909 On this day in history raymond O'Malley, teacher
1910 Hugo Winterhalter, composer on this day in history.
1911 Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening on August - 15.
1912 On this day in history yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game
1912 Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef) on August - 15.
1914 Panama Canal opens (under cost) on this day in history.
1914 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2) on this day in history.
1914 Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer on August - 15.
1914 On this day in history anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]
1915 On this day in history journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia
1915 Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist on August - 15.
1915 On this day in history albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched
1916 Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on August - 15.
1917 Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France on August - 15.
1918 First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on August - 15.
1918 US and Russia sever diplomatic ties on this day in history.
1918 On August - 15 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
1918 Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) on this day in history.
1918 Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1919 Huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) on this day in history.
1922 Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) on August - 15.
1923 On August - 15 eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
1923 On this day in history rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)
1925 On August - 15 norway annexes Spitsbergen
1931 On this day in history ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
1935 Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75 on August - 15.
1936 Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 on August - 15.
1939 On August - 15 "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
1939 On August - 15 "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
1940 On this day in history 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)
1941 On this day in history kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
1942 On this day in history 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
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