15 Aug 0636
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Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins. |
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15 Aug 0717
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Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. |
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15 Aug 0718
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Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. |
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15 Aug 0747
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Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom. |
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15 Aug 0778
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Battle at Roncevalles: Basques beat Charles the Great
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15 Aug 0778
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The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed. |
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15 Aug 0927
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The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. |
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15 Aug 0982
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Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria |
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15 Aug 1018
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Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria. |
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15 Aug 1038
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King Stephen I, who was the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him. |
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15 Aug 1040
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King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. |
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15 Aug 1057
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King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada. |
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15 Aug 1057
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Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan
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15 Aug 1070
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The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England. |
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15 Aug 1185
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The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia. |
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15 Aug 1237
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The Battle of the Puig takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista pitting the forces of the Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon. The battle resulted in an Aragonese victory. |
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15 Aug 1248
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The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) |
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15 Aug 1261
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Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople. |
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15 Aug 1281
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Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. |
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15 Aug 1308
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Johannieter knights conquer Rhodos on the Greece
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15 Aug 1309
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The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes. |
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15 Aug 1430
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Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca. |
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15 Aug 1457
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Earliest dated book, "Mainz Psalter, " completed
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15 Aug 1461
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The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered. |
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15 Aug 1483
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Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel. |
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15 Aug 1511
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Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate. |
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15 Aug 1517
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Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary. |
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15 Aug 1519
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Panama City, Panama, is founded. |
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15 Aug 1519
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Panama City founded
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15 Aug 1534
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Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus / Jesuits
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15 Aug 1534
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Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540. |
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15 Aug 1535
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Asunci
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15 Aug 1537
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Asunción, Paraguay, is founded. |
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15 Aug 1540
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Arequipa, Peru, is founded. |
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15 Aug 1548
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Mary Queen of Scotland (6) arrives in France
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15 Aug 1549
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Portuguese missionaries Franciscus Xaverius lands in Kagoshima Japan
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15 Aug 1549
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Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549). |
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15 Aug 1599
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Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle. |
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15 Aug 1620
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Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims
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15 Aug 1635
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1st recorded US hurricane hits the Plymouth Colony
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15 Aug 1668
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Rijnbond disbands
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15 Aug 1684
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Spain and Germany sign cease fire with France
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15 Aug 1695
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French forces end the bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins. |
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15 Aug 1741
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French troops attack the Rhine
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15 Aug 1748
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United Lutheran Church of US organized
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15 Aug 1760
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Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon. |
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15 Aug 1785
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French Cardinal De Rohan arrested
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15 Aug 1795
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Joseph Haydn leaves England forever
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15 Aug 1812
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War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Dearborn is fought between United States troops and Potawatomi at what is now Chicago, Illinois. |
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15 Aug 1824
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Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia
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15 Aug 1824
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The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states. |
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15 Aug 1832
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Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism
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15 Aug 1843
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Tivoli Park in Copenhagen opens
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15 Aug 1843
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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. |
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15 Aug 1843
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Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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15 Aug 1843
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National black convention meets (Buffalo NY)
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15 Aug 1848
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M Waldo Hanchett patents dental chair
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15 Aug 1858
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Regular mail to the Pacific coast begins
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15 Aug 1861
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Lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MI
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15 Aug 1863
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Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars
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15 Aug 1863
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The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). |
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15 Aug 1864
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Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners
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15 Aug 1867
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2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England
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15 Aug 1869
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The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto. |
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15 Aug 1870
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Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado
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15 Aug 1876
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US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find
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15 Aug 1886
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Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game
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15 Aug 1892
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4th and last British government of Gladstone forms
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15 Aug 1893
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Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. |
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15 Aug 1893
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US no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea
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15 Aug 1899
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Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game
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15 Aug 1901
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Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro
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15 Aug 1905
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Philadelphia Athletics Rube Waddell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings
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15 Aug 1906
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1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago
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15 Aug 1907
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Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. |
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15 Aug 1911
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Procter and Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
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15 Aug 1912
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Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game
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15 Aug 1914
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13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)
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15 Aug 1914
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Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs
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15 Aug 1914
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German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured
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15 Aug 1914
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Japan joins side of allies
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15 Aug 1914
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A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the latter's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground. |
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15 Aug 1914
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The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon. |
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15 Aug 1914
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World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia. |
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15 Aug 1914
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World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I. |
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15 Aug 1914
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Panama Canal opens (under cost)
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15 Aug 1915
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Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, convicted of murder in Georgia
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15 Aug 1915
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A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production. |
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15 Aug 1918
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Russia severs diplomatic ties with US
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15 Aug 1918
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1st full length cartoon (The Sinking of the Lusitania)
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15 Aug 1918
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US & Russia sever diplomatic ties
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15 Aug 1920
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Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula. |
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15 Aug 1923
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Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State
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15 Aug 1923
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Mexico and US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917
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15 Aug 1925
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Norway annexes Spitsbergen
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15 Aug 1925
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White Sox Dickie Kerr, 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919
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15 Aug 1931
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Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as Assistant Secretary
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15 Aug 1931
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Spakenburg soccer team forms
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15 Aug 1931
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Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi)
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15 Aug 1935
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Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska. |
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15 Aug 1939
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In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2
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15 Aug 1939
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Thirteen Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors. |
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15 Aug 1939
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The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. |
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15 Aug 1939
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"Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
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15 Aug 1940
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1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)
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15 Aug 1940
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Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged
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15 Aug 1940
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An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October. |
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15 Aug 1941
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Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
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15 Aug 1941
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Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage. |
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15 Aug 1942
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5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
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15 Aug 1942
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World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses. |
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15 Aug 1943
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Allies land on Kiska Aleutians
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15 Aug 1944
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Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands, 32 killed
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15 Aug 1944
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German field marshal von Kluge vanishes for one day
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15 Aug 1944
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Operation Anvil: Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast
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15 Aug 1944
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Operation Dragoon: Allied troops land in Provence
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15 Aug 1944
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US 7th Armour division reaches Chartres
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15 Aug 1944
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World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France. |
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15 Aug 1945
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A riot ensued in SF while the city was celebrating the end of WWII
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15 Aug 1945
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Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually
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15 Aug 1945
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South Korea liberated from Japanese rule
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15 Aug 1945
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US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends
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15 Aug 1947
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India declares independence from the UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan
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15 Aug 1947
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Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan) declares independence from the UK
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15 Aug 1947
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India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. |
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15 Aug 1947
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Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. |
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15 Aug 1947
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India becomes independent, Islamic part becomes Pakistan
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15 Aug 1948
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The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north. |
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15 Aug 1948
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Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
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15 Aug 1949
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WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Aug 1950
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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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Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
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15 Aug 1950
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Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
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15 Aug 1950
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Indies Constitution goes into effect
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15 Aug 1950
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Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian Premier
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15 Aug 1950
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President Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
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15 Aug 1950
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Rotterdam harbor strike begins
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15 Aug 1950
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8.6 quake kills over 1,000 in Assam, India
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15 Aug 1952
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19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316)
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15 Aug 1952
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A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, United Kingdom, killing 34 people. |
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15 Aug 1952
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9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34
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15 Aug 1954
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Alfredo Stroessner names himself President of Paraguay
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15 Aug 1954
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WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins
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15 Aug 1954
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Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. |
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15 Aug 1955
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WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins
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15 Aug 1957
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USAF Captain Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter
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15 Aug 1957
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David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon
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15 Aug 1958
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25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 35, Detroit 19 (70,000)
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15 Aug 1958
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Buddy Holly weds Maria Santiago
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15 Aug 1958
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Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as Director of State Bank
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15 Aug 1960
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Chicago Bears beat the New York Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo)
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15 Aug 1960
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Congo (formerly Congo / Brazzaville) declares Independence from France
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15 Aug 1960
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Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 1-0
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15 Aug 1960
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Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France. |
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15 Aug 1960
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Congo (Brazzaville) gains independence from France (Natl Day)
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15 Aug 1960
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UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen
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15 Aug 1961
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Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. |
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15 Aug 1962
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Netherlands and Indonesia signs accord about New Guinea
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15 Aug 1962
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James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang. |
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15 Aug 1962
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Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia
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15 Aug 1963
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Fulbert Youlou, resigns as President of Congo-Brazzaville
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15 Aug 1963
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Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland. |
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15 Aug 1963
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President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital. |
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15 Aug 1964
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Mayor Daley declares "Ernie Banks Day" in Chicago
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15 Aug 1964
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Phillies triple-play New York Mets
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15 Aug 1964
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Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Illinois
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15 Aug 1964
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Ralph Boston of the US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3
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15 Aug 1965
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47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley Golf Club - Pennsylvania
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15 Aug 1965
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Beatles play to 55,000 at Shea Stadium
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15 Aug 1965
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Japanese community of SF holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
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15 Aug 1965
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Mary Mills wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open
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15 Aug 1965
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The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York, New York, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock. |
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15 Aug 1965
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Beatle's Shea Stadium concert
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15 Aug 1966
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event
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Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
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15 Aug 1967
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Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae
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15 Aug 1967
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England's Marine Offense Bill making pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down
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15 Aug 1968
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Romanian President Ceausescu visits Prague
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15 Aug 1968
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event
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Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting
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15 Aug 1969
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event
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the Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. |
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15 Aug 1969
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Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm)
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15 Aug 1970
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Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game. |
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15 Aug 1970
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Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
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15 Aug 1971
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Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
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15 Aug 1971
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event
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KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
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15 Aug 1971
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President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents
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15 Aug 1971
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event
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open
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15 Aug 1971
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President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. |
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15 Aug 1971
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Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom. |
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15 Aug 1971
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Bahrain gains independence from Britain
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15 Aug 1973
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event
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Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends. |
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15 Aug 1973
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Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens
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15 Aug 1974
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Hurricane / floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
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15 Aug 1974
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Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President, Park Chung-hee. |
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15 Aug 1974
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event
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Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days))
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15 Aug 1974
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South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination
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15 Aug 1975
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Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed
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15 Aug 1975
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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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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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Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges
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15 Aug 1976
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event
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Jane Blalock wins LPGA Wheeling Golf Classic
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15 Aug 1977
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SS chief Kappler escapes from prison hospital in Rome
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15 Aug 1977
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The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. |
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15 Aug 1978
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House of Reps approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA
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15 Aug 1979
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Andrew Young resigns as UN ambassador
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15 Aug 1981
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event
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Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford
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15 Aug 1981
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Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m
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15 Aug 1982
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event
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Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
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15 Aug 1982
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Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution
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15 Aug 1983
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Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
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15 Aug 1984
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh |
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15 Aug 1985
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Anti-apartheid lawyer Bulelani Ngcuka marries in South Africa
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15 Aug 1985
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Iraqi air raid on Iran oil-island Kharg
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15 Aug 1986
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Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for the Challenger
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15 Aug 1987
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At Pan Am games in Indianapolis, USA and Cuba are tied with 2 outs in 9th, Ty Griffin HR, Cuba 1st loss in 20 years of Pan Am competition
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15 Aug 1987
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US beats Cuba in the Pan-Am baseball
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15 Aug 1988
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New York City begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
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15 Aug 1988
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At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts
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15 Aug 1989
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Cancer sufferer / SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound
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15 Aug 1989
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Frederik de Klerk becomes President of South Africa
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15 Aug 1989
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Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
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15 Aug 1989
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In 2nd start since after cancer treatment, Giants Dave Dravecky breaks his pitching arm while throwing to Tim Raines
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15 Aug 1989
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US Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle
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15 Aug 1990
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51st PGA Seniors Golf Championship: Gary Player
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15 Aug 1990
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Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
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15 Aug 1990
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Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990)
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15 Aug 1991
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750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park
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15 Aug 1992
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Actress Susan Anton marries actor Jeff Lester
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15 Aug 1992
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Colombo '92 closes in Genoa Italy
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15 Aug 1993
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"Goodbye Girl" closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 188 performances
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15 Aug 1993
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75th PGA Championship: Paul Azinger shoots a 272 at Inverness Club, Ohio
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15 Aug 1993
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Cindy Schreyer wins LPGA Sun-Time Challenge Golf Tournament
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15 Aug 1993
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Nolan Ryan, 324th and final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1
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15 Aug 1993
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Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte
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15 Aug 1994
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S African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning
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15 Aug 1994
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Terrorist Carlos the Jackal, captured in Khartoum Sudan
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15 Aug 1995
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Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA
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15 Aug 1995
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In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later). |
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15 Aug 1997
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Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3,000th HR
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15 Aug 1997
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Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts
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15 Aug 1998
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Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles. |
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15 Aug 1999
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Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco. |
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15 Aug 2005
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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 Aug 2007
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An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090. |
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15 Aug 2013
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At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video. |
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15 Aug 2013
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The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivoran species found in the Americas in 35 years. |
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