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1432 Luigi Pulci, Italy, poet (Morgante) 1688 Frederick-William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740) 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, resident of Elba (emperor 1804-13, 1814-15) 1771 Walter Scott, Scotland, novelist/poet (Lady of Lake) 1782 Henri MG earl the Merode, Belgian revolutionary (Souvenirs) 1785 Thomas De Quincey, Eng, writer (Confessions of English Opium Eater) 1794 Elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (System mycologicum) 1803 James Douglas, father of British Columbia 1823 Orris Sanford Ferry, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1845 Walter Crane, England, painter/illustrator (Beauty & Beast) 1856 J Keir Hardie, 1st Labour representative in British Parliament 1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, 1st lady (1921-23) 1874 Joseph Klausner, Polish/Israeli new testament expert 1875 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London, composer (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) 1876 Aleksandar Belic, Swedish linguist 1878 Pjotr N Wrangel, Russian baron/general/commanding white legers 1879 Ethel Barrymore, Phila, actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green) 1887 Edna Ferber, US, author (American Beauty, Cimarron) 1888 T.E. Lawrence Tremadoc, [Lawrence of Arabia], Wales, soldier/writer 1890 Jacques Ibert, Paris France, composer (Escales) 1892 Louis-Victor due de Broglie, France, physicist (Nobel 1929) 1893 Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8) 1898 Lillian Carter, Pres Carter's (1977-1981) mom 19-- Jim Lange, St Paul Mn, TV host (Dating Game, Name the Tune) 19-- Jonathan Daniel, rocker (Electric Angels-I Believe, Whiplash) 19-- Lila Morillo, spanish entertainer 19-- Matt Kramer, rocker (Saigon Kick-New World) 19-- Tom Williams, Chicago Ill, actor (Nobody's Perfect) 1901 Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama (1940-41, 49-51, 68) 1902 Jan RT Campert, writer (Song the 18 dead) 1904 Bil Baird, Grand Is Nebr, puppeteer (He created the "Snarky Parker" show in the 50s, and appeared regularly on the "CBS Morning Show" with Walter Cronkite in the 60s) 1910 Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1966-70) 1912 Julia Child, Pasadena Calif, chef (French Chef) 1912 Wendy Hiller, England, actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield) 1915 Alma Gardeslan, Surinamese folk lorist 1915 Signe Hasso, Switzerland, actress (Double Life) 1920 Huntz Hall, actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game) 1922 Lukas Foss (Fuchs), Berlin Germany, composer (Prairie) 1923 Rose Marie, NYC, actress (Sally Rogers-Dick Van Dyke Show) 1923 Simon Peres, [Persky], premier of Israel 1924 Phyllis Schlafly, St Louis, right-winger/Eagle Forum president 1924 Robert Bolt, playwright (Man for All Seasons, Dr Zhivago) 1925 Mike Connors, Fresno Calif, actor (Joe Mannix-Mannix, Night Kill) 1926 Georgiann Johnson, Decorah Iowa, actress (Marge-Mr Peepers) 1931 Janice Rule, Norwood Ohio, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife) 1932 Robert L[ull] Forward, US, sci-fi author (Dragon's Egg, Starquake) 1933 Lori Nelson, Santa Fe NM, actress (Greta-How to Marry a Millionaire) 1935 Abby Dalton, Las Vegas NV, actress (Joey Bishop Show) 1935 Jim Dale, Broadway entertainer (Barnum, My One & Only) 1935 Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr, civil rights activist 1937 Ronnie G Flippo, (Rep-D-NY, 1977- ) 1938 Maxine Waters, (Rep-D-California) 1939 H Onno C R Ruding, director (Amrobank)/Dutch Financial minister (CDA) 1939 Herman of Keeken, singer (Daddy run not so fast) 1941 Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw) 1943 Barbara Bouchet, Reichenberg Czech, actress (Casino Royale) 1943 Eni F H Faleomavaega, (Rep-D-American Samoa) 1944 Linda Ellerbee, Bryan Texas, newscaster (NBC News Overnight) 1945 Gene Upshaw, NFL guard (Oakland), NFLPA leader 1945 Thomas C Sawyer, (Rep-D-Ohio) 1946 Jimmy Webb, Elk City Okla, songwriter (MacArthur Park, Up Up & Away) 1946 Kathryn Jean Whitmire, Houston Texas, (4 time Mayor-Houston) 1947 Geraldo Velez, jazz congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance) 1947 Manley Lanier "Sonny" Carter Jr, Macon Ga, USN/astro (STS 33) 1949 Ann Ryerson, Wisc, actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin) 1950 Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, England, Princess 1950 Tess Harper, actress (Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies) 1950 Thomas Aldrich, country performer (Black Oak Arkansas) 1952 Ger Hoeymakers, guitarist (Franc Boe˜en Group) 1955 Kenneth Carr, Clearwater Fla, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) 1955 Larry Mathews, Burbank Calif, actor (Ritchie-Dick Van Dyke Show) 1957 Zeljko Ivanek, Yugoslavia, actor (Mass Appeal) 1960 Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, SF, tennis player (Denver-1985) 1960 Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man) 1961 Matt Johnson, rocker (The The-Infected Soul Mining) 1964 MCA [Adam Yauch], rocker (The Beastie Boys-You Gotta Fight) 1967 Moulay Brahim Boutaib, Morocco, 10k runner (Olympic-gold-1988) Back to GREGSITE Passings for August 15423 Flavius Honorius, emperor East Roman Republic (395-423), dies 1038 Stefanus I, [Arpad], 1st king of Hungary, dies 1057 Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan 1118 Alexius I Comnenus, Emperor of Byzantium, dies 1464 Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian Pope (1458-64), dies 1615 Cornelis C Vrancx, Flemish poet/writer (Comfort of Soles), dies 1619 Miriam Bella, head of Jewish community of Cracow, dies 1666 Johann A Schall von Bell, German missionary/astronomer, dies 1807 Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philospher/mathematician, dies at 70 1877 Me‹r A Goldschmidt, Danish writer/publisher (Corsaren/And Jíde), dies 1901 Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77 1907 Joseph Joachim, German violinist, dies 1915 Albert Siegfried Bettelheim, Jew convicted of murder, lynched 1935 Wiley Post, killed in plane crash in Alaska 1935 Will Rogers, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36 1936 Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies 1951 Art(h)ur Schnabel, Austria/US pianist (Reflections on Music), dies 1958 William L C "Big Bill" Broonzy, US blues singer/guitarist, dies at 65 1966 Gerhard/Gerhart Pohl, German writer (camp um Kolbenau), dies 1969 St˜n Streuvels, [Frank Lateur], Flemish writer (Vlaschard), dies 1975 Mujib ur-Rahman, Pakistani sheik/politician, dies at 53 1975 Sheik Mujibur Rahiman, of Bangladesh killed in a military coup 1982 Patrick J G McGee, Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60 1983 Anthony Costello, actor, dies at 42 1983 Benjamin V Cohen, US author of New Deal-legislation, dies at 88 1988 Barry Bingham Sr, US daily newspaper publisher, dies at 82 1989 F the Young Edz., historian/director IISG, dies 1991 Marietta Tree, ambassador (UN Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 1992 Evelyn Wesler Zemel, US author (American Glass Animals), dies 1992 Giorgio Perlasca, Italian anti-fascist (saved 5,200 Jews), dies 1992 Martha Blackburn, Canada newspaper publisher (London Free Press), dies 1992 Osamu Inaba, Japanese min of justice, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for August 15[Bahrain] Independence Day [Chad, Congo-1960, India-1947] Independence Day [Costa Rica] Mother's Day [Grenada, Liechtenstein, Corsica] National Day [Laos] Memorial Day [Pakistan] Independence Day (1947) [South Korea] Liberation Day (1945, 1948) [Hawaii] Admission Day (1959) [Mich] Montrose-Blueberry Festival [Yukon] Klondike Gold Day (1896) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for August 15[Ang, Luth] Commemoration of St Mary, virgin, mother of Our Lord [RC] Solemnity of Assumption of Virgin Back to GREGSITE Special events for August 15 1519 Panama City founded 1535 Asuncion, Paraguay founded 1620 Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims 1748 United Lutheran Church of US organized 1824 Freed American slaves established country of Liberia 1832 Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism 1843 National black convention meets (Buffalo NY) 1858 Regular mail to Pacific coast begins 1861 Lincoln directs reinforcements to be sent to MI 1863 Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars 1864 Off New England coast, CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners 1867 2nd Reform Bill extends suffrage in England 1868 J C Watson discovers asteroid #101 Helena 1870 Transcontinental Railway actually completed 1876 C H F Peters discovers asteroid #166 Rhodope 1876 US law of 1868 removes indians from Black Hills 1886 Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game 1893 US no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea 1899 Louisville's Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game 1901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro 1904 P Gotz & A Kopff discovers asteroid #542 Susanna 1905 Phila A's Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns, 2-0 in 5 innings 1906 1st freight delivery tunnel system begins, underneath Chicago 1909 A Kopff discovers asteroid #686 Gersuind 1912 Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game 1914 Australia wins Davis Cup 1914 Panama Canal opens (under cost) 1917 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #882 Swetlana 1918 1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania) 1918 US & Russia sever diplomatic ties 1920 W Baade discovers asteroid #934 Thuringia 1923 Eamon de Valera arrested in Irish Free State 1923 Mexico & US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917 1923 V Albitzk˜ discovers asteroid #1002 Olbersia 1925 Norway annexes Spitsbergen 1928 P Shajn discovers asteroids #1112 Polonia & #1113 Katja 1931 Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6,102 mi) 1931 Roy Wilkins joined NAACP as asst secretary 1939 "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood 1939 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #2536 Kozyrev 1939 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1739 Meyermann, #1818 Brahms & #2306 1941 Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto 1942 5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel 1943 Allies land on Kiska Aleutians 1944 Allied troops land in Provence (operation Dragoon) 1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule 1945 US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends 1947 India declares independence from UK, Islamic part becomes Pakistan 1947 Pakistan (formerly West Pakistan) declares independence from UK 1948 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) 1949 WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting 1950 8.6 quake kills over 1,000 in Assam, India 1950 HW Ezzard Charles KOs Freddy Beshore 1950 Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier 1950 Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia 1952 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34 1952 P Shajn discovers asteroid #1954 Kukarkin 1954 Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay 1954 WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins 1955 WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins 1957 David Simons reaches 30,942 m in Man High 2 balloon 1957 USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31,513 m in F-104 jet fighter 1958 Marshal Boelganin resigns as director of Staatsbank 1960 Chic Bears beat NY Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo) 1960 Congo (formerly Congo/Brazzaville) declares Independence from France 1960 Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Phila Phillies, 1-0 1960 UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen 1962 Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia 1963 Fulbert Youlou, resigns as Pres of Congo-Brazzaville 1963 K W Kamper discovers asteroid #2104 Toronto 1964 Phillies triple-play NY Mets 1964 Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill 1964 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27' 3¬" 1965 Beatle's Shea Stadium concert 1965 Dave Mair wins PGA golf tournament 1966 Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1968 Pirate Radio Free London, begins transmitting 1969 Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in NY State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1970 Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando) 1971 Bahrain gains independence from Britain 1971 KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins 1971 Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices & rents 1973 Black September kills 3 wounds 55 Athens 1974 Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)) 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination 1975 Joanne Little acquitted of murder charges 1978 House of Reps approves (233-169), 39-month extension for ERA 1979 Andrew Young resigns as UN ambassador 1981 Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m 1982 Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution 1985 E F Helin & M Barucci discovers asteroid #3752 1986 Pres Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger 1987 US beats Cuba in Pan-Am baseball 1988 At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3,813 megawatts 1988 NYC begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments 1989 Cancer sufferer/SF Giant pitcher Dave Dravecky breaks arm on mound 1989 US Venus probe Magellan launched from Space shuttle 1990 Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of 1990) 1991 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park 1992 Actress Susan Anton marries actor Jeff Lester 1992 Colombo '92 closes in Genoa Italy 1993 NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus' lung collapes for 2nd time Back to GREGSITE Facts for August 15227th day of year with 138 days left (Numerology = 5) 1964 54øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1988 97øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on August 1508/15/46 --- To Each His Own --- Modernaires With Paula Kelly 08/15/64 --- House Of The Rising Sun, The --- Animals 08/15/70 --- Lookin' Out My Back Door --- Creedence Clearwater Revival 08/15/70 --- Ain't No Mountain High Enough --- Ross, Diana 08/15/70 --- Julie, Do Ya Love Me --- Sherman, Bobby 08/15/87 --- I Heard A Rumour --- Bananarama 08/15/87 --- Touch Of Grey --- Grateful Dead 08/15/87 --- One Heartbeat --- Robinson, Smokey 08/15/92 --- She's Playing Hard To Get --- Hi-Five |
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