August 15
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Events
700-1899
1900-1999
- 1914 - Panama Canal opens to traffic
- 1920 - Poles defeated the Red Army at the Battle of Warsaw (Polish-Soviet War)
- 1944 - Allied forces land in southern France (Operation Anvil)
- 1945 - South Korea Indepence Day; Victory over Japan Day
- 1947 - India gains independence from Britain. Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first Prime Minister of India
- 1948 - Republic of Korea established south of 38th Parallel
- 1960 - Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) declares its independence from France
- 1961 - Construction begins on the Berlin Wall, Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany.
- 1965 - John Coltrane plays in Chicago for the Downbeat Jazz Festival with Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, and Billy [...]
- 1969 - First day of Woodstock Music and Art Festival
- 1971 - President Richard Nixon ends convertibility of U.S. dollar into gold
- 1973 - Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends
- 1974 - Yook Young-soo , First Lady of the South Korea is killed amid apparent assassination attempt upon President of the South Korea, Park Chung-hee by North Korean spy, during the anniversarial ceremony of the Liberation day.
- 1975 - Military coup in Bangladesh
- 1977 - The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by The Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "WOW!" signal for notation made by a volunteer on the project.
- 1978 - foundation of Mirapuri - The City of Peace and Future Man
- 1998 - Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, becoming the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles
- 1999 - Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
Births
1000-1899
- 1001 - Duncan I of Scotland
- 1171 - Alfonso IX of Leon,
- 1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte, general and politician (d. 1821)
- 1785 - Thomas De Quincey, author (d. 1859)
- 1858 - E. Nesbit (Edith Nesbit), author (d. 1924)
- 1872 - Shri Aurobindo, writer, nationalist, philosopher and guru (d. 1950)
- 1879 - Ethel Barrymore, actress (d. 1959)
- 1887 - Edna Ferber, novelist (d. 1968)
- 1883 - Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor (d. 1962)
- 1893 - Leslie Comrie, astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950)
- 1896 - Leon Theremin, inventor of the theremin
1900-1999
- 1900 - Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966)
- 1912:
- 1919 - Huntz Hall, actor (d. 1999)
- 1923 - Rose Marie, actress
- 1924 - Robert Bolt, screenwriter (d. 1995)
- 1925:
- 1928 - Nicolas Roeg, director
- 1933 - Jim Lange, game show host
- 1935:
- 1938 - Janusz A. Zajdel, Polish science-fiction writer
- 1944 - Linda Ellerbee, journalist
- 1945 - Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, Hindu guru
- 1946 - Jimmy Webb, musician, composer
- 1947 - Raakhee Gulzar , Indian actress
- 1949 - Richard Deacon, sculptor
- 1950 - Princess Anne of the United Kingdom
- 1968 - Debra Messing, actress
- 1972 - Ben Affleck, actor
- 1974 - Natasha Henstridge, actress
- 1977 - Igor Cassina, gymnast
Deaths
700-1899
1900-1999
- 1907 - Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831)
- 1935 - Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
- 1935 - Will Rogers, American humorist, actor (b. 1879)
- 1951 - Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (b. 1882)
- 1959 - Blind Willie McTell, blues singer
- 1962 - Lei Feng, eminent PLA Soldier
- 1967 - René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter (b. 1898)
- 1971 - Paul Lukas, Academy Award winning actor
- 1974 - Yook Young-soo , First Lady of South Korea
- 1975 - Clay Shaw, John F. Kennedy assassination investigator
- 1975 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, president of Bangladesh
- 1995 - John Cameron Swayze , journalist
- 1999 - Sir Hugh Casson, architect, artist
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
- Catholicism - Holy Day of Obligation Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Public Holiday in: Austria, Belgium, Cameroon, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, India, Italy, Côte d'Ivoire, Malta, Mauritius, Poland, Portugal, Seychelles, Slovenia and Spain
- Italy - "Ferragosto"
- Korea - Liberation Day
- India - Independence Day
- Liechtenstein - Liechtenstein Day
- Ancient Latvia - Maras
External links
August 14 - August 16 - July 15 - September 15 -- listing of all days
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