Historical Events In August - 15

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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1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.   

1195  On August - 15 birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  On August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

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

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher   

0069  On this day in history death of servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies on August - 15.   

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  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.   

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on this day in history.