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15 Aug 1185
The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
15 Aug 1457
Earliest dated book Mainz Psalter completed
15 Aug 1461
Empire of Trebizond surrenders to forces of Sultan Mehmet II - last Byzantine Empire remnant to fall. Emperor David exiled and later murdered.
15 Aug 1517
Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Ferno Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
15 Aug 1519
Panama City founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dvila
15 Aug 1534
Ignatius of Loyola forms society of JesusJesuits
15 Aug 1548
Mary Queen of Scotland arrives in France aged 6.
15 Aug 1549
Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date July 22 ).
15 Aug 1599
Nine Years War Battle of Curlew Pass - Irish forces led by Hugh Roe ODonnell successfully ambush English forces led by Sir Conyers Clifford sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
15 Aug 1620
Mayflower sets sail from Southampton England with 102 Pilgrims
15 Aug 1635
1st recorded north American hurricane hits the Plymouth Colony
15 Aug 1653
-16] Dutch ship Sperwer stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea
15 Aug 1658
France Sweden Bavarian Brunswick Munster and Hessen-Kassel form Confederation of the Rhine
15 Aug 1748
United Lutheran Church the American colonies organized
15 Aug 1760
Battle at Leignitz Prussia beats Austria & Russia
15 Aug 1824
Freed American slaves establish Liberia on the West African coast through the American Colonization Society (ACS)
15 Aug 1832
Gregory XVI encyclical On liberalism & religious indifferentism
15 Aug 1843
Tivoli Gardens amusement park opens in Copenhagen worlds 2nd oldest
15 Aug 1863
Submarine HL Hunley arrives in Charleston on railroad cars
15 Aug 1863
The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date July 2 ).
15 Aug 1864
Off New England coast CSS Tallahassee captures 6 yankee schooners
15 Aug 1867
The Representation of the People Act () extends suffrage in the UK
15 Aug 1869
The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries including one for Shinto.
15 Aug 1870
Transcontinental Railway actually completed in Colorado
15 Aug 1876
US law removes Indians from Black Hills after gold find
15 Aug 1891
San Sebastian Church in Manila the first all-steel church in Asia is officially inaugurated and blessed.
15 Aug 1893
US no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea
15 Aug 1899
Louisvilles Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game
15 Aug 1900
The Boxer Rebellion In China the Empress her family and court retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to quell the rebellion
15 Aug 1901
Arch Rock a danger to San Francisco Bay shipping blasted with 30 tons of nitro
15 Aug 1901
Great Britain issues a proclamation calling on the Boers to surrender by 15 September or face banishment and confiscation of their property
15 Aug 1903
New Zealands All Blacks play their first Rugby Test Match against Australias Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground New Zealand win 22-3
15 Aug 1905
Philadelphia As Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns 2-0 in 5 innings
15 Aug 1906
1st freight delivery tunnel system begins underneath Chicago
15 Aug 1911
Procter & Gamble unveils its Crisco shortening
15 Aug 1912
Yankee Guy Zinn sets record by stealing home twice in a game
15 Aug 1914
13th Davis Cup Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)
15 Aug 1914
The first large public gathering of Boers in South Africa who do not want to support Britain in a war against Germany British authorities will try to repress this movement but discontent spreads
15 Aug 1915
Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim convicted of murder in Georgia
15 Aug 1918
1st full length cartoon (Sinking of Lusitania)
15 Aug 1923
Mexico & US reaches accord over oil concession of 1917
15 Aug 1925
White Sox Dickie Kerr 1st appearance since winning 2 world series games in 1919
15 Aug 1931
Ernest Lassy completes longest canoe journey without port (6102 mi)
15 Aug 1936
Marshall Wayne and Elbert Root make it an American 1-2 in the 10m platform diving at the Berlin Olympics
15 Aug 1936
The Berlin Olympic fencing competition concludes with Italy winning 4 of the 7 gold medals and Hungary taking the other 3
15 Aug 1936
Annibale Frossi scores twice as Italy beats Austria 2-1 in extra time in the soccer final at the Berlin Olympics
15 Aug 1939
First night game at baseballs Comiskey Park Sox beat Browns 5-2
15 Aug 1939
13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. No survivors.
15 Aug 1940
1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazis)
15 Aug 1940
Heavy dogfights above England 75 German aircraft damaged
15 Aug 1941
Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
15 Aug 1942
5 hostages executed by Nazis in St-Michielsgestel
15 Aug 1944
Allied air raid on train in North Netherlands 32 killed
15 Aug 1944
German field marshal Gnther von Kluge vanishes for one day he killed himself on the 19th in the aftermath of the attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler
15 Aug 1944
Operation Anvil Allies land on French Mediterranean sea coast
15 Aug 1944
Operation Dragoon Allied troops land in Provence
15 Aug 1944
US 12 Army corps enters Le Mans through Orleans
15 Aug 1945
A riot ensues in San Francisco while the city is celebrating the end of WW II
15 Aug 1945
US wartime rationing of gasoline & fuel oil ends
15 Aug 1945
Chandler sells World Series radio rights for 150000 to Gillette Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934 pay 100000 annually
15 Aug 1946
Dumont TV Network (WABD NY) is launched in the US
15 Aug 1947
India gains independence from Great Britain remains a dominion until 1950
15 Aug 1947
India becomes a sovereign and democratic nation independent from the United Kingdom
15 Aug 1948
US Open Womens Golf Atlantic City CC Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins by 8 strokes from Betty Hicks
15 Aug 1948
Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)
15 Aug 1949
WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
15 Aug 1950
8.6 earthquake in India kills 20000 to 30000
15 Aug 1950
Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
15 Aug 1950
Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh India.
15 Aug 1952
19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game Los Angeles 10 All-Stars 7 (88316)
15 Aug 1952
9 inches of rain fall creates a 20 ft wave in Lynmouth England killing 34
15 Aug 1954
Alfredo Stroessner names himself president of Paraguay
15 Aug 1954
WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington WV (ABC) begins
15 Aug 1955
WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg VA (ABC) begins
15 Aug 1955
Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 43 in NC SC Virginia & Maryland
15 Aug 1957
David Simons reaches 30942 m in Man High 2 balloon
15 Aug 1957
USAF Capt Joe B Jordan reaches 31513 m in F-104 jet fighter
15 Aug 1958
25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game All-Stars 35 Detroit 19 (70000)
15 Aug 1958
Soviet Marshal Bulganin resigns as director of State Bank
15 Aug 1960
CFLs Calgary Stampeders move into McMahon Stadium
15 Aug 1960
Chicago Bears beat NY Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL expo)
15 Aug 1960
Congo (formerly CongoBrazzaville) declares Independence from France
15 Aug 1960
Mil Brave Lew Burdette no-hits Philadelphia Phillies 1-0
15 Aug 1961
Keiyo Road is specified as the first driveway in Japan.
15 Aug 1962
Netherlands & Indonesia sign accord over New Guinea
15 Aug 1962
Shady Grove Baptist Church burned in Leesburg Georgia
15 Aug 1963
Fulbert Youlou resigns as President of Congo-Brazzaville
15 Aug 1964
Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
15 Aug 1964
Ralph Boston of US sets then long jump record at 27 3
15 Aug 1965
Japanese community of San Francisco holds Masanori Murakami Day at Candlestick Park to honor 1st Japanese player to play in major leagues
15 Aug 1966
Puerto Rican champion Jos Torres beats Eddie Cotton on points in Las Vegas to retain the WBCWBA light-heavyweight boxing title
15 Aug 1966
Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission
15 Aug 1967
UKs Marine Offences Bill making pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect pirate station Radio 355 closes down
15 Aug 1970
Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
15 Aug 1971
Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (21309.0)
15 Aug 1971
KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Houston Texas (Fox) begins
15 Aug 1971
The Social Democratic and Labour Party announce a campaign of civil disobedience in response to the introduction of Internment in Northern Ireland
15 Aug 1971
Despite crashing out on lap 36 Scotsman Jackie Stewart clinches his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship at the Austrian Grand Prix at sterreichring French Tyrrell driver Franois Cevert wins the race
15 Aug 1973
Black September kills 3 and wounds 55 in Athens
15 Aug 1974
Hurricanefloods ravage Bangladesh 4000 killed
15 Aug 1974
Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1248 hours or 52 days)
15 Aug 1974
South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination
15 Aug 1975
Bangladesh military coup under Khondakar Moustaque Ahmed
15 Aug 1975
Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
15 Aug 1977
England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia
15 Aug 1977
Herbert Kappler head of Nazi police and security services (SS) in Rome during WWII escapes from prison hospital in Rome
15 Aug 1977
Wow possible alien radio signal from deep space received at The Big Ear Ohio States radio telescope in Delaware
15 Aug 1978
US House of Representatives approves (233-169) 39-month extension for ERA
15 Aug 1979
Andrew Young resigns as US ambassador to the United Nations
15 Aug 1981
Robin Leamy of US swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m
15 Aug 1984
The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military
15 Aug 1985
First Iraqi air raid on Irans main oil export terminal Kharg Island
15 Aug 1987
At Pan Am games in Indianapolis USA & Cuba are tied with 2 outs in 9th Ty Griffin HR Cuba 1st loss in 20 years of Pan Am competition
15 Aug 1988
Aint Misbehavin opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 176 performances
15 Aug 1988
At 4PM LILCO consumers used a record 3813 megawatts
15 Aug 1988
NYC begins 70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
15 Aug 1989
Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (146.69)
15 Aug 1990
Phils Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no hitter of )
15 Aug 1990
At least 150 people die in clashes between the African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party South Africa
15 Aug 1991
750000 attend Paul Simons free concert in Central Park
15 Aug 1992
Striker Brian Deane scores both goals for Sheffield United in a season-opening 2-1 home win over Manchester United at Bramall Lane first of Deanes goals is the first in EPLs inaugural season
15 Aug 1993
Goodbye Girl closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 188 performances
15 Aug 1993
75th PGA Championship Mens Golf Inverness GC Paul Azinger wins his first major title in a playoff with Greg Norman of Australia
15 Aug 1993
NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus lung collapes for 2nd time
15 Aug 1993
Televangelist Robert Tilton announces he is divorcing Marte
15 Aug 1994
Terrorist Carlos the Jackal captured in Khartoum Sudan
15 Aug 1995
Keylee Sue Sanders 18 of Kansas crowned 13th Miss Teen USA
15 Aug 1905
Philadelphia As future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell no-hits St Louis Browns 2-0 in 5 innings
15 Aug 1914
Panama Canal opens (under cost) with the SS Ancon making the 1st official steamship through the canal
15 Aug 1936
Americans make a clean sweep of the 3m diving medals via Marjorie Gestring Katherine Rawls and Dorothy Poynton-Hill at the Berlin Olympics
15 Aug 1983
Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
15 Aug 1993
NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imus lung collapses for 2nd time
15 Aug 1193
Philip II of France marries Ingeborg daughter of King Valdemar I of Denmar in Amiens requests annulment immediately after on grounds of non-consummation (bride deputes)
15 Aug 1248
Construction of the new Cologne Cathedral in the Gothic style begins with the laying of the foundation stone by Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden (completed 1880)
15 Aug 1974
Hurricane and floods ravage Bangladesh 4000 killed
15 Aug 1991
750000 attend Paul Simons free concert in Central Park NYC
15 Aug 1246
Gyk (Kuyuk) son and successor of Ogodei formally elected Great Khan of the Mongols at Sira Ordu five years after the death of his father
15 Aug 1454
Malatestiana Library the first humanist civic library in Europe opens in association with the convent of San Francesco in Cesena Italy [1]
15 Aug 1457
Earliest dated book Mainz Psalter completed 1st to be printed in three colours
15 Aug 1534
Ignatius of Loyola co-founds the Society of Jesus (Jesuit) religious order at Sanit Densi Church in Montmartre France
15 Aug 1795
Austrian composer Joseph Haydn leaves England forever after calling the time spent there the happiest of his life
15 Aug 1865
Battle of Lone Jack Missouri fierce fighting between Union soldiers and Confederate forces prompted by bushwacker attacks destroys town of Lone Jack
15 Aug 1886
American MLB pitcher Guy Hecker scores 7 runs in 1 game
15 Aug 1899
Louisvilles pitcher Henry Dowling struck out 5 times in a game
15 Aug 1918
Longest work of animation then produced - The Sinking of Lusitania by Winsor McCay
15 Aug 1939
First night game at baseballs Comiskey Park in Chicago White Sox beat Cleveland Browns 5-2
15 Aug 1939
13 Nazi Luftwaffe Stuka dive bombers crash into the ground during a disastrous practice-demonstration at Neuhammer-am-Queis Silesia Germany (now witoszw Poland) . No survivors.
15 Aug 1950
8.6 Assam-Tibet earthquake kills several thousand
15 Aug 1955
Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 77 in the US eastern seaboard and mid-atlantic states
15 Aug 1964
MLB Philadelphia Phillies turn triple-play in 8-1 over Mets at Shea Stadium NYC
15 Aug 1964
Race riot in Dixmoor Illinois - a suburb of Chicago
15 Aug 1973
David Storeys play Cromwell premieres in London
15 Aug 1974
South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination attempt
15 Aug 1975
Joanne Little acquitted of murdering her prison guard in North Carolina - 1st woman to successfully use defense of deadly force to resist rape
15 Aug 1983
Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone beaten in fight and undergoes brain surgery
15 Aug 1988
Revival of musical revue Aint Misbehavin highlighting songs of Fats Waller opens at Ambassador Theater NYC runs for 176 performances
15 Aug 1993
Marvin Hamlisch and David Zippels musical adaptation of Neil Simons The Goodbye Girl closes at Marquis Theater NYC after 188 performances
15 Aug 1653
-16] Dutch ship Sperwer stranded at Tsjedzjoe Korea
15 Aug 1684
Spain Germany and France sign Truce of Ratisbone ending the War of Reunions - meant to last 20 years lasts only four
15 Aug 1760
Battle at Leignitz Prussian forces beat Austria and Russian armies
15 Aug 1785
French Cardinal de Rohan arrested in the affair of the diamond necklace
15 Aug 1827
Race riots in Cincinnati Ohio spurred by citys threat to enforce restrictive residency requirements on Blacks begin over 1000 (more than half of the Black population) leave many bound for Canada
15 Aug 1843
National black convention meets in Buffalo NY
15 Aug 1863
Confederate submarine CSS H.L. Hunley arrives in Charleston on railroad cars from Mobile Alabama where it was built [1]
15 Aug 1864
US Civil War Off New England coast CSS Tallahassee captures 6 Yankee schooners
15 Aug 1931
Roy Wilkins joins NAACP as Assistant Secretary
15 Aug 1934
US ends occupation of Haiti after 19 years started after the 1915 assassination of Haitis president
15 Aug 1947
GLEEP (Graphite Low Energy Experimental Pile) the first experimental nuclear reactor in Western Europe begins operation in Oxford England
15 Aug 1957
USAF Captain Joe B. Jordan reaches 31513 m in F-104 jet fighter
15 Aug 1958
Marshal Nikolai Bulganin resigns as Chairman of the Board of the State Bank of the USSR
15 Aug 1966
Puerto Rican champion Jos Torres beats American Eddie Cotton on points in Las Vegas to retain the WBCWBA light-heavyweight boxing title
15 Aug 1945
US wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ends
15 Aug 1964
WEWS-TV in Cleveland Ohio first airs The Big 5 Show a teen dance and music program later syndicated as Upbeat
15 Aug 1975
MLB Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver is ejected from both games of a home doubleheader against the Texas Rangers
15 Aug 1989
Italian swimmer Giorgio Lamberti sets world record 200m freestyle (146.69) in Bonn West Germany
15 Aug 1990
Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
15 Aug 1994
South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning
15 Aug 1193
Philip II of France marries Ingeborg daughter of King Valdemar I of Denmark in Amiens and requests an annulment immediately after on the grounds of non-consummation the bride disputes
15 Aug 1457
Mainz Psalter the earliest dated book and the first to be printed in three colors is completed
15 Aug 1483
Sistine Chapel to Our Lady of the Assumption in Vatican City is consecrated with a Mass by Pope Sixtus IV [some sources cite August 9] [1]
15 Aug 1519
Panama City is founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro Arias Dvila
15 Aug 1548
Mary Queen of Scots arrives in France at the age of 6
15 Aug 1599
Nine Years War Battle of Curlew Pass - Irish forces led by Hugh Roe ODonnell successfully ambush English forces led by Sir Conyers Clifford who are sent to relieve Collooney Castle
15 Aug 1635
First recorded north American hurricane hits the Plymouth Colony
15 Aug 1658
France Sweden Bavaria Brunswick Mnster and Hesse-Kassel form the Confederation of the Rhine
15 Aug 1684
Spain Germany and France sign the Truce of Ratisbon ending the War of the Reunions it is meant to last 20 years but it lasts only four
15 Aug 1748
United Lutheran Church in the American colonies is organized
15 Aug 1760
Battle of Liegnitz Prussian forces defeat Austrian and Russian armies
15 Aug 1785
French Cardinal de Rohan is arrested in The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
15 Aug 1827
Race riots in Cincinnati Ohio are spurred by the citys threat to enforce restrictive residency requirements on Black residents over 1000 people (more than half of the Black population) leave many bound for Canada
15 Aug 1832
Gregory XVI issues encyclical on liberalism and religious indifferentism titled Mirari Vos
15 Aug 1843
National Black Convention meets in Buffalo New York
15 Aug 1843
Tivoli Gardens the worlds second-oldest amusement park opens in Copenhagen Denmark
15 Aug 1863
Confederate submarine CSS H.L. Hunley arrives in Charleston on railroad cars from Mobile Alabama where it is built [1]
15 Aug 1864
US Civil War CSS Tallahassee captures six Yankee schooners off the New England coast
15 Aug 1865
Battle of Lone Jack Missouri Fierce fighting between Union soldiers and Confederate forces prompted by bushwhacker attacks destroys the town of Lone Jack
15 Aug 1870
Transcontinental Railway is actually completed in Colorado
15 Aug 1876
US law removes Native Americans from Black Hills after discovering gold
15 Aug 1893
The US is no longer allowed exclusive rights in the Bering Sea
15 Aug 1901
Arch Rock a danger to San Francisco Bay shipping is blasted with 30 tons of nitroglycerin
15 Aug 1903
New Zealands All Blacks play their first rugby test match against Australias Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground and New Zealand wins 22-3
15 Aug 1905
Philadelphia As future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell no-hits the St. Louis Browns 2-0 in 5 innings
15 Aug 1906
First freight delivery tunnel system begins operation underneath Chicago
15 Aug 1912
Yankee Guy Zinn sets a record by stealing home twice in a game
15 Aug 1914
Panama Canal opens under budget with the SS Ancon making the first official steamship passage through the canal
15 Aug 1914
The first large public gathering of Boers in South Africa who do not want to support Britain in a war against Germany British authorities try to repress this movement but discontent spreads
15 Aug 1915
Journalist Albert Siegfried Bettelheim is convicted of murder in Georgia
15 Aug 1918
The Sinking of the Lusitania by Winsor McCay is produced at 12 minutes long it is the longest work of animation at that time
15 Aug 1923
Mexico and the US reach an accord over the oil concession of 1917
15 Aug 1931
Richard Grant and Ernest Lassy complete the longest canoe journey without portages or any aid (6102 miles 9820 km)
15 Aug 1931
Roy Wilkins joins the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as Assistant Secretary
15 Aug 1934
US ends occupation of Haiti after 19 years which started after the 1915 assassination of Haitis president
15 Aug 1936
Americans make a clean sweep of the 3m diving medals with Marjorie Gestring Katherine Rawls and Dorothy Poynton-Hill at the Berlin Olympics
15 Aug 1936
Annibale Frossi scores twice as Italy beats Austria 2-1 in extra time in the football final at the Berlin Olympics
15 Aug 1936
Marshall Wayne and Elbert Root achieve an American 1-2 finish in the 10 m platform diving at the Berlin Olympics
15 Aug 1939
First night game at baseballs Comiskey Park in Chicago White Sox beat St. Louis Browns 5-2
15 Aug 1939
Thirteen Nazi Luftwaffe Stuka dive bombers crash into the ground during a disastrous practice demonstration at Neuhammer-am-Queis Silesia Germany (now witoszw Poland) with no survivors
15 Aug 1940
First edition of the Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam under Nazi occupation
15 Aug 1940
Heavy dogfights over England 75 German aircraft are damaged
15 Aug 1941
Kovno Lithuanian Jews are herded into the Slobodka Ghetto
15 Aug 1942
Five hostages are executed by Nazis in Sint-Michielsgestel
15 Aug 1944
Allied air raid on train in northern Netherlands kills 32 people
15 Aug 1944
US 12th Army Corps enters Le Mans through Orlans
15 Aug 1945
A riot ensues in San Francisco as the city celebrates the end of WWII
15 Aug 1946
DuMont Television Network (WABD NY) launches in the US
15 Aug 1947
GLEEP (Graphite Low Energy Experimental Pile) the first experimental nuclear reactor in Western Europe begins operation in Oxford England
15 Aug 1947
India gains independence from the United Kingdom and remains a dominion until 1950
15 Aug 1948
Republic of Korea (South Korea) is proclaimed (National Day)
15 Aug 1950
8.6 Assam-Tibet earthquake kills several thousand people
15 Aug 1950
Indians make their first triple play at Cleveland Stadium
15 Aug 1952
19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game Los Angeles 10 All-Stars 7 (88316 attendees)
15 Aug 1952
Nine inches of rainfall create a 20 ft (6 m) wave in Lynmouth England killing 34 people
15 Aug 1954
WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
15 Aug 1955
Hurricane Connie dissipates after killing 77 people on the US Eastern Seaboard and Mid-Atlantic states
15 Aug 1955
WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg VA (ABC) begins broadcasting
15 Aug 1957
David Simons reaches 30942 meters in the Manhigh II balloon
15 Aug 1957
USAF Captain Joe B. Jordan reaches 31513 meters in an F-104 jet fighter
15 Aug 1958
25th NFL Chicago All-Star Game All-Stars 35 Detroit 19 (70000 attendees)
15 Aug 1960
A UFO is sighted by three California patrolmen
15 Aug 1960
Chicago Bears beat NY Giants 16-7 in Toronto (NFL exhibition game)
15 Aug 1960
Republic of the Congo (formerly Congo-Brazzaville) declares independence from France
15 Aug 1961
Keiyo Road is specified as the first expressway in Japan
15 Aug 1962
Netherlands and Indonesia sign accord over New Guinea
15 Aug 1964
Fred Trueman takes his 300th Test cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
15 Aug 1964
MLB Philadelphia Phillies turn a triple play in an 8-1 victory over the Mets at Shea Stadium New York City
15 Aug 1964
Race riot in Dixmoor Illinois a suburb of Chicago
15 Aug 1966
Puerto Rican champion Jos Torres defeats American Eddie Cotton on points in Las Vegas to retain the WBCWBA light-heavyweight boxing title
15 Aug 1966
Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins broadcasting
15 Aug 1967
UKs Marine Offences Bill which makes pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect pirate station Radio 355 closes down
15 Aug 1968
USSR performs a nuclear test in Sary Shagan Soviet Union
15 Aug 1970
Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman professional football player (Orlando)
15 Aug 1971
Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom
15 Aug 1971
Charles Lismont wins the Helsinki marathon in 21309.00
15 Aug 1971
KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Houston Texas (Fox) begins broadcasting
15 Aug 1971
The Social Democratic and Labour Party announces a campaign of civil disobedience in response to the introduction of internment in Northern Ireland
15 Aug 1974
Hurricane and floods ravage Bangladesh killing 4000 people
15 Aug 1975
Joanne Little is acquitted of murdering her prison guard in North Carolina becoming the first woman to successfully use the defense of deadly force to resist rape
15 Aug 1977
A possible alien radio signal from deep space later dubbed the Wow signal is received at Big Ear Ohio States radio telescope in Delaware
15 Aug 1977
Herbert Kappler head of Nazi police and security services (SS) in Rome during WWII escapes from a prison hospital in Rome
15 Aug 1978
US House of Representatives approves (233-169) a 39-month extension for ERA
15 Aug 1981
Robin Leamy of the US swims a record 7.98 kph for 50 m
15 Aug 1984
The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks against the Turkish military
15 Aug 1987
At the Pan Am Games in Indianapolis USA and Cuba are tied with 2 outs in the 9th inning when Ty Griffin hits a home run resulting in Cubas first loss in 20 years of Pan Am competition
15 Aug 1988
At 4 pm LILCO consumers use a record 3813 megawatts
15 Aug 1988
New York City begins 70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments
15 Aug 1989
Italian swimmer Giorgio Lamberti sets a world record in the 200 m freestyle (146.69) in Bonn West Germany
15 Aug 1990
At least 150 people die in clashes between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party in South Africa
15 Aug 1990
Mark McGwire is first to hit 30 home runs in each of his first 4 seasons
15 Aug 1990
Phillies Terry Mulholland no-hits Giants 6-0 (8th no-hitter of )
15 Aug 1992
Striker Brian Deane scores both goals for Sheffield United in a season-opening 2-1 home win over Manchester United at Bramall Lane the first of Deanes goals is the first in the EPLs inaugural season
15 Aug 1993
NYC radio (WFAN) personality Don Imuss lung collapses for the second time
15 Aug 1994
South African President Nelson Mandela receives the Anne Frank Penning
15 Aug 1994
Terrorist Carlos the Jackal is captured in Khartoum Sudan
15 Aug 1995
Macarena single is released by Los del Ro
15 Aug 1997
Dan Wilson hits Seattle Mariners 3000th home run
15 Aug 1997
Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 247.37 points
15 Aug 1635
First recorded hurricane in North America hits the Plymouth Colony
15 Aug 1851
Second US National Womens Rights Convention convenes in Brinley Hall Worcester Massachusetts
15 Aug 1903
New Zealands All Blacks play their first rugby test match against Australias Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground the All Blacks win 22-3
15 Aug 1995
Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama apologizes for Japans actions during World War [1]