Page 5: Historical Events In August - 15

1907  On August - 15 paul Vincze, medallist   

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history raymond O'Malley, teacher   

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on August - 15.   

1911  Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening on this day in history.   

1912  Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game on this day in history.   

1912  Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef) on August - 15.   

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

1914  On this day in history 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)   

1914  On August - 15 peter Nicholson Gunn, writer   

1914  On August - 15 anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]   

1915  Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia on this day in history.   

1915  On August - 15 alma Gardeslan, Surinamese/Dutch folklorist   

1915  On August - 15 albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched   

1916  Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer on this day in history.   

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

1918  First full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania) on August - 15.   

1918  On August - 15 uS and Russia sever diplomatic ties   

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 August - 15.   

1918  On August - 15 peter Gast, composer, dies at 64   

1919  On this day in history huntz Hall, NYC, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game)   

1922  On August - 15 lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie)   

1923  On this day in history eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

1923  On August - 15 rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show)   

1925  Norway annexes Spitsbergen on this day in history.   

1931  Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) on this day in history.   

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

1936  On August - 15 grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64   

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

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

1940  1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi) on this day in history.   

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

1942  5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel on August - 15.   

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1171  On this day in history birth of king Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230)   

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.   

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

1575  On August - 15 birth of bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650)   

1613  Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) was born on August - 15.   

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

1688  On August - 15 birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

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 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 August - 15.   

1057  Death of Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan on this day in history.   

1118  On this day in history alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies   

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)