Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In August - 15
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) on this day in history. 
1969 Woodstock music festival on August - 15.
1969 Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 on August - 15.
1970 On August - 15 karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
1971 Bahrain gains independence from Britain on this day in history.
1971 Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia on this day in history.
1971 On this day in history pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents
1971 On August - 15 paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76
1972 Alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1973 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens on this day in history.
1974 On this day in history south Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination
1974 On this day in history edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82
1975 On August - 15 mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
1976 On this day in history jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84
1978 On August - 15 harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80
1979 On August - 15 hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people
1982 Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1983 On August - 15 anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42
1985 On August - 15 richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
1986 On August - 15 pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger
1988 Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 on August - 15.
1989 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies on this day in history.
1990 On August - 15 nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66
1991 On August - 15 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
1991 On August - 15 marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74
1992 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies on August - 15.
1993 On this day in history robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93
1994 On this day in history shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80
1995 Erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1996 On August - 15 agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86
2000 A group of 100 separated family members from North Korea arrive in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they have not seen for half a century on this day in history.
2007 On August - 15 an 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.
2007 India marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire on August - 15.
2007 NBA referee Tim Donaghy surrenders to police and pleads guilty to charges brought up by the FBI investigation that he placed bets on games that he refereed on this day in history.
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