Page 5: Historical Events In August - 15

1907  Paul Vincze, medallist on this day in history.   

1907  Joseph Joachim, German violinist/composer, dies at 76 on August - 15.   

1909  Raymond O'Malley, teacher on this day in history.   

1910  Hugo Winterhalter, composer on August - 15.   

1911  On August - 15 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  Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef) on August - 15.   

1914  On this day in history panama Canal opens (under cost)   

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  Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28] on this day in history.   

1915  Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia on August - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1917  On August - 15 prv. Michael James O'Rourke (7th Cdn. infantry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Hill 70 France   

1918  On August - 15 first full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)   

1918  US and Russia sever diplomatic ties on this day in history.   

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 August - 15.   

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

1922  Lukas Foss, [Fuchs], Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) on August - 15.   

1923  On August - 15 eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on August - 15.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.   

0778  On August - 15 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 August - 15.   

1057  On this day in history death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan   

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

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