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Historical Events In August - 15

Thursday, 21 November 2024

2013  On this day in history 20 people are killed and 200 are injured in an explosion in Beirut  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On this day in history falling tree kills 13, injures 49 at a religious festival in Funchal, on Portuguese island of Madeira  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On this day in history scientists genetic study of the apple reveal its origin was in Kazakhstan, published in "Nature Communications"  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  On August - 15 barack Obama 's tweet "No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." in response to Charlottesville violence becomes most-liked tweet ever  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2017  Daniel Craig confirms he will play James Bond one more time on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Italian PM Giuseppe Conte declares a 12-month state of emergency in Liguria after the collapse of the Morandi Bridge on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Boat overturns in floods near the Nile in Northern Sudan, leaving 25 dead, most of them school children on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On this day in history suicide bomber attacks tuition centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 48 and injuring 67  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Australian Senator Fraser Anning evokes Nazi euphemism "a final solution to the immigration problem", in proposing outlawing Muslim immigration into Australia in parliament speech on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  Record 72,000 Americans (up 10%) killed by drug overdoses in 2017 in new figures by Centers for Disease Control on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  First ever US execution by fentanyl of Carey Dean Moore at Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  On August - 15 bar-hopping for pintxos (Basque tapas) in San Sebastián, Spain, named world's best food experience in Lonely Planet's Ultimate Eatlist  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2018  US President Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA Director and Trump critic John Brennan on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2019  The European Central Bank shuts down PNB Banka after ruling it had become insolvent; this bank, previously called Norvik Banka, was Latvia's sixth-largest lender, and was a critic of the Baltic country's financial authorities on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2020  On this day in history the Japanese bulk carrier Wakashio, which stranded on a reef in Mauritius last month, breaks in half. Approximately 1,000 tonnes of oil are spilled into the ocean, becoming the largest environmental disaster in the history of Mauritius.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2021  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls a snap election for 20 September, two years ahead of schedule on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

2021  On August - 15 2021 Taliban offensive: The Taliban capture Kabul; the Afghan government surrenders to the Taliban.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1171  King Alfonso IX of Leon (d. 1230) was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1195  Anthony of Padua, Portuguese saint (d. 1231) was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1432  Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1575  Bartol KaÅ¡ić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1613  On this day in history birth of gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1619  Hubertus Quellinus, [Quellien], Flemish cartoonist/copper plate was born on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1688  On this day in history birth of frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1702  On this day in history birth of francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In August - 15

Famous People Died On This Day In History

0069  Death of Servius Sulpicius Galba, 6th emperor of Rome (68-69), murdered on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0423  Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

0778  Death of Roland, Frankish commander on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1038  On this day in history stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1040  Death of King Duncan I of Scotland on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1057  On August - 15 death of macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1118  Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium (1081-1118), dies on August - 15.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

1196  On this day in history death of conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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