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Thursday, 03 April 2025
1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) on this day in history. 
1969 On this day in history woodstock music festival
1969 Stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97 on this day in history.
1970 On August - 15 karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66
1971 On August - 15 bahrain gains independence from Britain
1971 On this day in history hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia.
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 On this day in history alf Thorbald Hurum, composer, dies at 89
1973 On August - 15 black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens
1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination on August - 15.
1974 Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 on August - 15.
1975 On August - 15 mujibur Rahiman, Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
1976 Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 on August - 15.
1978 Harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80 on August - 15.
1979 On this day in history hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people
1982 On this day in history patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60
1983 Anthony Costello, actor (Blue), dies at 42 on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68
1986 On August - 15 pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger
1988 On August - 15 barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82
1989 F de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies on August - 15.
1990 Nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66 on this day in history.
1991 On August - 15 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
1991 Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 on this day in history.
1992 On this day in history evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies
1993 On this day in history robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93
1994 On August - 15 shepherd Mead, London England, dies of stroke at 80
1995 On this day in history erbie Bowser, pianist, dies at 77
1996 On August - 15 agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86
2000 On August - 15 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.
2007 On this day in history an 8.0 earthquake strikes Peru, killing 512 people, injuring more than 1,500, and causing tsunami warnings in the Pacific Ocean.
2007 On August - 15 india marks the 60th anniversary of their independence from the British Empire.
2007 On August - 15 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.
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