Famous Birthdays In August - 15

1860  On August - 15 birth of florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23)   

1860  On August - 15 birth of roosje Vos, Dutch union organizer   

1860  On August - 15 birth of henrietta Vinton Davis, American elocutionist (d. 1941)   

1863  On August - 15 birth of alexei Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945)   

1865  On this day in history birth of johan[nes] B Schepers, Frisian writer (Braga)   

1865  On this day in history birth of usui Mikao, Japanese founder of Reiki (d. 1926)   

1872  On this day in history birth of harold Fraser-Simson, composer   

1872  Rubin Goldmark, composer was born on this day in history.   

1874  On August - 15 birth of joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert   

1875  On this day in history birth of samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast)   

1876  Aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist was born on this day in history.   

1878  On this day in history birth of pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general (White Armies, WW II)   

1879  Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green) was born on this day in history.   

1881  On August - 15 birth of alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956)   

1883  Ivan MeÅ¡trović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962) was born on August - 15.   

1885  Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer was born on August - 15.   

1885  On August - 15 birth of edna Ferber, author, playwright   

1885  Mary Nash, Troy NY, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By) was born on August - 15.   

1886  On August - 15 birth of bill Whitty, cricketer (Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12)   

1887  Edna Ferber, US, author (American Beauty, Cimarron) was born on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history birth of albert Spalding, composer   

1888  T E Lawrence Tremadoc, [Lawrence of Arabia], Wales, soldier/writer was born on August - 15.   

1890  On this day in history birth of jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales)   

1890  On August - 15 birth of elizabeth Bolden, American Supercentenarian (d. 2006)   

1892  Knud Christian Jeppesen, composer was born on this day in history.   

1892  Louis-Victor prince of Broglie, France, physicist (Nobel 1929) was born on August - 15.   

1893  Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer was born on August - 15.   

1893  On August - 15 birth of harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8)   

1893  Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950) was born on August - 15.   

1896  Leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor was born on this day in history.   

1896  Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985) was born on August - 15.   

1897  On August - 15 birth of marion Eugene Bauer, composer   

1898  Lillian Carter, Pres Carter's (1977-1981) mom was born on this day in history.   

1898  Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966) was born on August - 15.   

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0069  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of roland, Frankish commander   

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

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 this day in history.   

1118  On August - 15 alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

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