The Ultimate August 15 - American History Information Guide and Reference

August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining.

Contents

1 Events

1.1 700-1899
1.2 1900-1999

2 Births

2.1 1000-1899
2.2 1900-1999

3 Deaths

3.1 700-1899
3.2 1900-1999
3.3 2000-2099

4 Holidays and observances

5 External links

Events

700-1899

778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, in which Roland is killed
927 - The Saracens conquered and destroyed Taranto
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 met Chinese officials at Pearl River estuary.
1519 - Panama City, Panama founded
1535 - Asuncion, Paraguay founded
1540 - Arequipa, Peru founded
1620 - The Mayflower pulled out of Southampton, England
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.
1877 - Thomas Edison made the first-ever recording - "Mary Had a Little Lamb"

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.