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15 August is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in Leap Year s), with 138 days remaining.
Events
- 778 - The Battle Of Roncevaux Pass , in which Roland is killed
- 927 - The Saracen s conquered and destroyed Taranto
- 1057 - King MacBeth of Scotland is killed during the Battle Of Lumphanan by the forces of King Malcolm III .
- 1185 - The cave city of Vardzia was consecrated by Queen Tamar Of Georgia
- 1309 - The City Of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights Of St. John , completing their conquest of Rhodes . The knights establish their headquartes on the island, and rename themselves as the Knights Of Rhodes .
- 1517 - Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernao Pires De Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River Estuary .
- 1519 - Panama City, Panama is founded
- 1534 - The Society Of Jesus is founded by Ignatius Of Loyola with Francis Xavier and other students
- 1535 - Asuncion, Paraguay is founded
- 1540 - Arequipa, Peru is founded
- 1549 - Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese Date : July 22, 1549).
- 1599 - First Battle Of Curlew Pass won by Irish forces.
- 1620 - The '' Mayflower '' departs Southampton, England .
- 1824 - Freed American slaves form Liberia .
- 1843 - The Cathedral Of Our Lady Of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese Of Honolulu , it is the oldest Roman Catholic Cathedral in continuous use in the United States .
- 1843 - Tivoli Gardens , one of the oldest still intact Amusement Park s in the world, opens in Copenhagen , Denmark .
- 1863 - The Satsuma war begins between the Satsuma clan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese Date : July 2, 1863).
- 1877 - Thomas Edison makes the first-ever recording - "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
- 1894 - Sante Jeronimo Caserio executed for the Marie Francois Sadi Carnot assesination
- 1914 - The Panama Canal opens to traffic
- - Poles defeat the Red Army .
- - The SS ''Ohio'' reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island defenses.
- - Allied forces land in southern France .
- - Japan surrenders.
- 1945 - n Liberation Day
- 1947 - India gains independence from the United Kingdom. Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first Prime Minister Of India
- 1948 - The Republic Of Korea is 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, Illinois for the Downbeat Jazz Festival with Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner .
- 1969 - The Woodstock Music And Art Festival opens.
- 1971 - President Richard Nixon ends convertibility of U.S. Dollar into gold
- bombing of Cambodia ends
- 1974 - Yook Young-soo , First Lady of South Korea is killed amid an apparent assassination attempt upon President of the South Korea , Park Chung-hee , during the anniversarial ceremony of the Liberation day.
- 1975 - Military coup in Bangladesh
- 1975 - Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by a sitting Prime Minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II .
- 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
- 1995 - In South Carolina , Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel , but drops out in less than a week.
- 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 .
- 2004 - World famous Jam band Phish plays their last show in Coventry, Vermont after more than 20 active years.
- 2004 - The Tamagotchi Connection was released.
- 2004 - The second largest virtual pet game Marapets first opened.
Births
- 1001 - King Duncan I Of Scotland (d. 1040 )
- 1171 - King Alfonso IX Of Leon (d. 1230 )
- 1195 - Anthony Of Padua , Portuguese saint (d. 1231 )
- 1432 - Luigi Pulci , Italian poet (d. 1484 )
- 1613 - Gilles Ménage , French scholar (d. 1692 )
- 1717 - Blind Jack , English roadbuilder (d. 1810 )
- 1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte , Emperor of France (d. 1821 )
- 1785 - Thomas De Quincey , English author (d. 1859 )
- 1813 - Jules Grévy , President of France (d. 1891 )
- 1856 - Ivan Franko , Ukrainian writer (d. 1916 )
- 1858 - E. Nesbit , English author (d. 1924 )
- 1872 - Sri Aurobindo , Indian writer, nationalist, philosopher, and guru (d. 1950 )
- 1875 - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor , English composer (d. 1912 )
- 1879 - Ethel Barrymore , American actress (d. 1959 )
- 1887 - Edna Ferber , American novelist (d. 1968 )
- 1883 - Ivan Meštrović , Croatian sculptor (d. 1962 )
- 1890 - Jacques Ibert , French composer (d. 1962 )
- 1892 - Louis, 7th Duc De Broglie , French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987 )
- 1893 - Leslie Comrie , New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (d. 1950 )
- 1896 - Gerty Cori , Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (d. 1957 )
- 1896 - Catherine Doherty , Social justice activist (d. 1985 )
- 1896 - Leon Theremin , Russian inventor (d. 1993 )
- 1900 - Jan Brzechwa , Polish poet (d. 1966 )
- 1912 - Julia Child , American cook (d. 2004 )
- 1912 - Dame Wendy Hiller , English actress (d. 2003 )
- 1916 - Aleks Çaçi , Albanian writer
- 1917 - Jack Lynch , fourth President Of Ireland (d. 1999 )
- 1919 - Huntz Hall , American actor (d. 1999 )
- 1919 - Benedict Kiely , Irish author
- 1922 - Lukas Foss , German-born composer
- 1923 - Rose Marie , American actress
- 1924 - Robert Bolt , English screenwriter (d. 1995 )
- 1925 - Mike Connors , American actor
- 1925 - Oscar Peterson , Canadian jazz pianist
- 1928 - Nicolas Roeg , English film director
- 1933 - Jim Lange , American game show host
- 1935 - Vernon Jordan Jr. , U.S. presidential advisor
- 1935 - Lionel Taylor , American football player
- 1938 - Janusz A. Zajdel , Polish writer
- 1944 - Linda Ellerbee , American journalist
- 1944 - Sylvie Vartan , French pop singer
- 1945 - Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda , Indian guru
- 1945 - Begum Khaleda Zia , Prime Minister Of Bangladesh
- 1946 - Jimmy Webb , American musician and composer
- 1947 - Raakhee Gulzar , Indian actress
- 1948 - Uschi Digard , American actress and model
- 1949 - Richard Deacon , Welsh sculptor
- 1950 - Princess Anne Of The United Kingdom
- 1951 - Daba Diawara , Malian politician
- 1957 - Željko Ivanek , American actor
- 1958 - Victor Shenderovich , Russian satirist
- 1965 - Rob Thomas , author and screenwriter
- 1968 - Debra Messing , American actress
- 1972 - Ben Affleck , American actor
- 1974 - Natasha Henstridge , Canadian actress
- 1975 - Kara Wolters , American basketball player
- 1976 - Boudewijn Zenden , Dutch football player
- 1977 - Igor Cassina , Italian gymnast
- 1978 - Tim Foreman , American bassist ( Switchfoot )
- 1978 - Lilia Podkopayeva , Ukrainian gymnast
Deaths
- 778 - Roland , Frankish commander
- 1038 - King Stephen I Of Hungary
- 1040 - King Duncan I Of Scotland (b. 1001 )
- 1057 - King Macbeth I Of Scotland
- 1118 - Alexius I Comnenus , Byzantine Emperor (b. 1048 )
- 1196 - Conrad II, Duke Of Swabia (b. 1173 )
- 1274 - Robert De Sorbon , French theologian and founder of the Sorbonne (b. 1201 )
- 1369 - Philippa Of Hainault , queen of Edward III Of England
- 1528 - Odet De Foix, Vicomte De Lautrec , French military leader (b. 1485 )
- 1552 - Hermann Of Wied , German Catholic archbishop (b. 1477 )
- 1621 - John Barclay , Scottish writer (b. 1582 )
- 1666 - Johann Adam Schall Von Bell , German Jesuit missionary (b. 1591 )
- 1714 - Constantin Brâncoveanu , Prince of Wallachia (b. 1654 )
- 1728 - Marin Marais , French composer and viol player (b. 1656 )
- 1799 - Giuseppe Parini , Italian poet (b. 1729 )
- 1852 - Johan Gadolin , Finnish scientist (b. 1760 )
- 1907 - Joseph Joachim , Austrian violinist (b. 1831 )
- 1909 - Euclides Da Cunha , Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866 )
- 1935 - Wiley Post , American pilot (b. 1898 )
- 1935 - Will Rogers , American humorist and actor (b. 1879 )
- 1936 - Grazia Deledda , Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871 )
- 1951 - Artur Schnabel , Polish pianist (b. 1882 )
- 1953 - Ludwig Prandtl , German physicist (b. 1875 )
- 1959 - Blind Willie McTell , American singer (b. 1901
- 1962 - Lei Feng , Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940 )
- 1967 - René Magritte , Belgian painter (b. 1898 )
- 1971 - Paul Lukas , Hungarian-born actor (b. 1887 )
- 1975 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , President Of Bangladesh (b. 1920 )
- 1975 - Clay Shaw , John F. Kennedy assassination investigator (b. 1913 )
- 1982 - Hugo Theorell , Swedish scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1903 )
- 1990 - Viktor Tsoi , Russian musician (b. 1962 )
- 1995 - John Cameron Swayze , American journalist (b. 1906 )
- 1999 - Sir Hugh Casson , British architect and artist (b. 1910 )
- 2001 - Richard Chelimo , Kenyan athlete (b. 1972 )
- 2003 - Gösta Sundqvist , Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957 )
- 2004 - Sune Bergström , Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1916 )
- 2004 - Amarsinh Chaudhary , Indian politician (b. 1941 )
- 2005 - James Dougherty , first husband of Marilyn Monroe (b. 1921 )
Holidays and observances
- Eastern Orthodoxy – Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos , the commemoration of the death of Mary, The Mother Of Jesus .
- , Belgium , Cameroon , Chile , Côte D'Ivoire , Croatia , Cyprus , East Timor , France , Greece , India , Italy , Lebanon , Lithuania , Malta , Mauritius , Poland , Portugal , Seychelles , Slovenia and Spain .
- Acadie – National Day
- Egypt – Flooding of the Nile Day
- Hawaii – '' Toro Nagashi '' (Floating Lantern Ceremony) to commemorate the end of the Second World War
- India – Independence Day (from the United Kingdom, 1947 )
- Italy – "Ferragosto", remembrance of an ancient Roman holiday in honor of Augustus (Feriae Augusti)
- Korea – Liberation Day
- Ancient Latvia – Māras
- Liechtenstein – Liechtenstein Day
- Poland – Polish Armed Forces Day
- Tuva – Tuva Republic Day, Naadym
- Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 3 saints:
- ---St. Alipius
- ---St. Arnoul /Arnulphus
- ---St. MacCartin /Ard/Aed
- Clockday, a celebration of the Clock Crew on Newgrounds .
External links
August 14 - August 16 - July 15 - September 15 -- Listing Of All Days
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