Page 4: Historical Events In August - 15

1876  On August - 15 uS law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find   

1876  On this day in history aleksandar Belic, Serb linguist   

1878  On August - 15 pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general (White Armies, WW II)   

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

1885  On August - 15 andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer   

1886  On August - 15 guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game   

1886  On this day in history bill Whitty, cricketer (Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12)   

1888  The birth of T.E Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia'; soldier and author on August - 15.   

1888  Albert Spalding, composer on this day in history.   

1889  The Great London dock strike from August 15 to September 16 helps extend British trade unionism from the skilled classes to the less skilled on this day in history.   

1890  Jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales) on August - 15.   

1891  On this day in history san Sebastian Church in Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.   

1892  On this day in history 4th & last British government of Gladstone forms   

1892  On August - 15 knud Christian Jeppesen, composer   

1893  On August - 15 uS no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea   

1893  On this day in history alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer   

1896  On this day in history leon Theremin, electronic musical instruments inventor   

1897  On August - 15 marion Eugene Bauer, composer   

1898  Lillian Carter, Pres Carter's (1977-1981) mom on August - 15.   

1899  On this day in history louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game   

1900  Regular service is commenced over the 3'0" gauge White Pass and Yukon Railway between Skagway, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon on August - 15.   

1900  On this day in history estelle Brody, NYC, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything)   

1901  On this day in history arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro   

1901  The Cadillac motor company founded in Detroit on August - 15.   

1901  On August - 15 arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama (1940-41, 49-51, 68)   

1901  Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history jan RT Campert, writer (Song the 18 dead)   

1903  On this day in history new Zealand wins first rugby union test against Australia, 22-3.   

1904  On this day in history bill Baird, Grand Is Nebr, puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie, Muppet Show)   

1905  On August - 15 phila A's Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings   

1906  On August - 15 first freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago   

1906  On August - 15 1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago   

1906  On August - 15 finn Videro, composer   

1907  On this day in history members of Australia's federal parliament vote themselves their first pay rise, of 50 per cent.   

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1171  On August - 15 birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

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

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  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

1619  On August - 15 birth of hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate   

1688  Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) was born on August - 15.   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on August - 15.   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

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

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on this day in history.   

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

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

1196  Death of Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) on August - 15.