428 Historic Events for August 15
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Bobby Helms, rock vocalist (Jingle Bell Rock)
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| 1933 |
Birth |
Floyd Ashton, US singer (Tams-What Child of Fool)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner (3 Tests 1960)
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| 1934 |
Birth |
Valentin Stepanovich Varlamov, Russian cosmonaut
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| 1935 |
Death |
Will Rogers, humoprist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55
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| 1935 |
Death |
Gerard Brucken Fock, composer, dies at 75
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr, civil rights activist (National Urban League)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Jim Dale, Rothwell England, Broadway actor (Barnum, My One and Only)
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| 1935 |
Birth |
Abby Dalton, Las Vegas NV, actress (Joey Bishop Show)
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| 1935 |
Death |
Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36
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| 1936 |
Death |
Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64
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| 1936 |
Death |
Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer, dies at 76
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| 1937 |
Birth |
Ronnie G Flippo, (Rep-D-NY, 1977- )
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Maxine Waters, (Rep-D-California)
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| 1938 |
Birth |
Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court justice
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| 1939 |
Birth |
H Onno C R Ruding, director (Amrobank)/Dutch Financial minister (CDA)
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| 1939 |
Birth |
Herman van Keeken, Dutch singer (Daddy don't run so fast)
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| 1939 |
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"Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood
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| 1939 |
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In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2
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| 1940 |
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Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged
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| 1940 |
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1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Viktor Mikhailovich Pisarev, Russian cosmonaut
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| 1941 |
Birth |
Don Rich, Olympia Wash, guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw)
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| 1941 |
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Kovono Lithuanian Jews are herded into Slobodka ghetto
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| 1942 |
Birth |
Peter York, Cleve, rock drummer (Spencer Davis Group)
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