Historical Events In August - 15

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 this day in history.   

1969  On August - 15 stijn Streuvels, [F Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies at 97   

1970  Karl August Andersen, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history bahrain gains independence from Britain   

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 August - 15.   

1973  Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens on this day in history.   

1974  South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination on August - 15.   

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  Jean P J C Haesaert, Flemish lawyer/sociologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1978  On August - 15 harrison Kerr, composer, dies at 80   

1979  Hurricane David in Dominican Republic, Dominica killing 2,069 people on this day in history.   

1982  On August - 15 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  Richard Yardumian, US composer (Creator Spirit), dies at 68 on August - 15.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  On August - 15 f de Jong Edz, Dutch historian/director (IISG), dies   

1990  On August - 15 nina Bara, actress (Missile to the Moon), dies of cancer at 66   

1991  On this day in history 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park   

1991  On this day in history marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74   

1992  Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies on this day in history.   

1993  Robert W Kempner, German officer of justice in Prussia, dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1994  On August - 15 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  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history 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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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 August - 15 birth of luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante)   

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)   

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

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)   

1702  Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on August - 15.   

0423  On this day in history flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies   

0778  On August - 15 death of roland, Frankish commander   

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies   

1040  On this day in history death of king Duncan I of Scotland   

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