100 years anniversary |
15 Aug 1925
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birth
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Billy Pinkney: Sumter, North Carolina -- Rock bassist / vocalist (Drifters)
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15 Aug 1925
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birth
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Gertrude Shope: South African head (ANC female section)
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15 Aug 1925
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event
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Norway annexes Spitsbergen
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15 Aug 1925
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event
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White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919
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15 Aug 1925
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birth
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Mike Connors, American actor and producer |
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15 Aug 1925
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birth
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Münir Özkul, Turkish actor |
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15 Aug 1925
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birth
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Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007) |
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15 Aug 1925
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birth
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Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007) |
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15 Aug 1925
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birth
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Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014) |
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15 Aug 1925
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death
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Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (b. 1878) |
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15 Aug 1925
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birth
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Mike Connors Fresno Calif, actor (Joe Mannix-Mannix, Night Kill)
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75 years anniversary |
15 Aug 1950
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birth
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Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor: England, United Kingdom -- Princess / olympic equestrian
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15 Aug 1950
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birth
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Thomas Aldrich: Country drummer (Black Oak Arkansas)
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15 Aug 1950
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birth
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William "Bill" Griffin: US singer (Miracles-Love Machine)
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15 Aug 1950
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event
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8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
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15 Aug 1950
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event
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Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
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15 Aug 1950
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event
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Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
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15 Aug 1950
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event
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Indies Constitution goes into effect
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15 Aug 1950
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event
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Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian Premier
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15 Aug 1950
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event
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President Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
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15 Aug 1950
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event
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Rotterdam harbor strike begins
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15 Aug 1950
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birth
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Tommy Aldridge, American drummer (Motörhead, Whitesnake, Black Oak Arkansas, and Thin Lizzy) |
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15 Aug 1950
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birth
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Tom Kelly, American baseball player and manager |
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15 Aug 1950
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birth
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Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom |
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15 Aug 1950
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music
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birth Tommy Aldridge, drums, Whitesnake, (1987 US No.1 & UK No.9 single 'Here I Go Again').
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15 Aug 1950
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birth
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Princess Anne England (daughter of Queen Elizabeth II)
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15 Aug 1950
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birth
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Tess Harper actress (Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies)
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15 Aug 1950
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event
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8.6 quake kills over 1,000 in Assam, India
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50 years anniversary |
15 Aug 1975
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birth
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Bert Berry: Linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
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15 Aug 1975
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birth
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Jurgen Dirkx: Soccer player (PSV)
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15 Aug 1975
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death
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Mujibur Rahiman: Pakistani sheik, killed in a military coup at 53
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15 Aug 1975
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event
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Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed
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15 Aug 1975
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event
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Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges
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15 Aug 1975
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birth
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Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host |
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15 Aug 1975
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birth
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Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach |
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15 Aug 1975
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birth
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Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player |
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15 Aug 1975
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birth
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Kara Wolters, American basketball player |
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15 Aug 1975
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death
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920) |
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15 Aug 1975
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death
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Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913) |
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15 Aug 1975
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event
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Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. |
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15 Aug 1975
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event
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Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II. |
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15 Aug 1975
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death
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahiman of Bangladesh killed in a military coup
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15 Aug 1975
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event
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Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges
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25 years anniversary |
15 Aug 2000
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music
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David Bowie and his wife Iman celebrated the birth of their first child a baby girl named Alexandria Zahra Jones.
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20 years anniversary |
15 Aug 2005
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death
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Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927) |
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15 Aug 2005
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event
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Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins. |
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15 years anniversary |
15 Aug 2010
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death
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Denis E. Dillon, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933) |
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