Historical Events In August - 15

1907  On this day in history paul Vincze, medallist   

1907  On August - 15 joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76   

1909  On August - 15 raymond O'Malley, teacher   

1910  On August - 15 hugo Winterhalter, composer   

1911  On this day in history procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening   

1912  On this day in history yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game   

1912  On this day in history julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef)   

1914  Panama Canal opens (under cost) on August - 15.   

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 August - 15 journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia   

1915  On this day in history alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist   

1915  On this day in history albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched   

1916  On August - 15 aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer   

1917  Prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France on this day in history.   

1918  First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties   

1918  1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) on August - 15.   

1918  Florian Zabach, Chicago, American musician and TV personality (Hot Canary, Club Embassy) on August - 15.   

1918  Peter Gast, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1919  On August - 15 huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)   

1922  On this day in history lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)   

1923  Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State on August - 15.   

1923  Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) on August - 15.   

1925  On this day in history norway annexes Spitsbergen   

1931  On August - 15 ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)   

1935  On this day in history gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75   

1936  Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64 on August - 15.   

1939  On this day in history "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood   

1939  "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood on August - 15.   

1940  1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) on August - 15.   

1941  Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto on August - 15.   

1942  5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel on this day in history.   

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

1195  On this day in history birth of anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231)   

1432  On this day in history birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.   

1613  On August - 15 birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.   

1688  On August - 15 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 August - 15 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  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.   

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  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

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

1196  On August - 15 death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)