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August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian
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Contents
1 Events
1.1 Pre-1600
1.2 1601–1900
1.3 1901–present
2 Births
2.1 Pre-1600
2.2 1601–1900
2.3 1901–present
3 Deaths
3.1 Pre-1600
3.2 1601–1900
3.3 1901–present
4 Holidays and observances
5 References
6 External links
Events
Pre-1600
636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire
and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.
717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab
Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.
747 – 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.
778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne
and a Basque army.[1]
805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the
Diocese of Freising
927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of
Capo Colonna, in Calabria.
1018 – 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.
1038 – King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter
Orseolo, succeeds him.
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel
Coluim mac Donnchada.
1070 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop
of Canterbury in England.
1096 – Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II.[2]
1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
1237 – Spanish Reconquista: The Battle of the Puig between the Moorish forces
of Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese
victory.
1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of
the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned as the first Byzantine emperor in
fifty-seven years.
1281 – 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.
1310 – 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.
1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
1461 – 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.
1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
1511 – Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the
Malacca Sultanate.
1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet
Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
1519 – Panama City, Panama is founded.
1534 – Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the
creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
1537 – Asunción, Paraguay is founded.
1540 – Arequipa, Peru is founded.
1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional
Japanese date: 22 July 1549).
1592 – Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi
Sun-sin, Yi Eok-gi, and Won Gyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by
Wakisaka Yasuharu.[3]
1599 – 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.
1601–1900
1901–present
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1901 – Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá (d. 1988)
1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (d.
1992)
1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
1915 – Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)
1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)
1917 – Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland
(d. 1999)
1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
1919 – Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
1920 – Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008)
1921 – August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
1922 – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
1923 – Rose Marie, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
1924 – Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1924 – Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)
1924 – Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion
designer (d. 2009)
1924 – Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d.
2016)
1925 – Mike Connors, American actor and producer (d. 2017)
1925 – Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)
1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (d. 2007)
1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
1926 – Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (d. 1969)
1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
1926 – John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President
of Greece (d. 2016)
1927 – Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
1927 – Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
1928 – Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)
1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (d. 2018)
1931 – Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
1931 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2015)
1932 – Abby Dalton, American actress (d. 2020)
1932 – Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (d. 2002)[15]
1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host and DJ (d. 2014)[16]
1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge (d.
2017)
1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
1933 – Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (d. 1984)
1933 – Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)
1934 – Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach (d. 2019)
1935 – Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer[17]
1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
1936 – Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (d. 2014)
1938 – Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States
1938 – Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer
1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
1938 – Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author (d. 1985)
1940 – Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d.
1977)
1941 – Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
1941 – Don Rich, American country musician (d. 1974)
1942 – Pete York, English rock drummer
1943 – Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of
the Northern Ireland Assembly
1944 – Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health
(d. 2019)
1945 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh[18]
1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1947 – Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress[19]
1948 – Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
1948 – Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player
1950 – Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
1951 – Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
1952 – Chuck Burgi, American drummer
1953 – Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
1953 – Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author
1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
1956 – Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
1956 – Robert Syms, English businessman and politician
1957 – Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
1958 – Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 – Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
1959 – Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
1961 – Ed Gillespie, American political strategist
1961 – Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician
1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
1961 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
1962 – Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
1962 – Rıdvan Dilmen, Turkish footballer and manager
1962 – Inês Pedrosa, Portuguese writer
1962 – Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian lawyer and politician
1963 – Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and
screenwriter
1963 – Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician
1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
1964 – Jane Ellison, English lawyer and politician
1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[20]
1965 – Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
1966 – Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
1967 – Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach
1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor[21]
1968 – Debra Messing, American actress
1969 – Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter
1969 – Carlos Roa, Argentine footballer
1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer
1970 – Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded
Electus Studios
1971 – Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)
1972 – Mikey Graham, Irish singer[22]
1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
1975 – Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
1976 – Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
1977 – Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 – Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
1978 – Waleed Aly, Australian journalist and television host[23]
1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
1979 – Carl Edwards, American race car driver
1980 – Fiann Paul, Icelandic explorer[24]
1981 – Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
1982 – Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
1982 – Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
1982 – David Harrison, American basketball player
1983 – Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper
1985 – Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (d. 2019)
1985 – Emily Kinney, American actress, singer, and songwriter[25]
1987 – Ryan D'Imperio, American football player
1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer
1988 – Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
1989 – Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
1989 – Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer
1989 – Carlos PenaVega, American actor and singer[26]
1989 – Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player
1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
1991 – Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
1992 – Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
1993 – Rieah Holder, Barbadian netball player[27]
1993 – Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
1994 – Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
1995 – Chief Keef, American rapper[28]
1999 – Paola Reis, BMX rider[29]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1901–present
1907 – Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
1909 – Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
1917 – Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
1925 – Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
1928 – Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St
Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
1935 – Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
1935 – Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
1936 – Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1871)
1942 – Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
1945 – Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister
of the Army (b. 1887)
1945 – Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
1951 – Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
1953 – Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
1962 – Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
1967 – René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
1971 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
1975 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh
(b. 1920)
1975 – Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
1975 – Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
1981 – Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)[35]
1981 – Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
1982 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
1982 – Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)
1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1903)
1989 – Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
1990 – Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
1992 – Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
1994 – Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
1995 – John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)
1997 – Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)
1999 – Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
2000 – Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (b.
1915)[36]
2001 – Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
2001 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)
[37]
2004 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1916)
2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b.
1941)
2005 – Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (b.
1927)
2006 – Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937)
2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2007 – Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (b. 1944)
2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
2008 – Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929)
2008 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
2011 – Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
2012 – Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
2012 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
2013 – Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b.
1944)
2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of
Nepal (b. 1942)
2013 – August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (b. 1936)[38]
2014 – Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
2015 – Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and
politician (b. 1940)
2015 – Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (b. 1936)
2017 – Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (b. 1925)
2020 – Robert Trump, American real-estate developer, business executive (b.
1948)[39][40]
2021 – Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945)[41]
References
"Gerd Müller, 'the best striker in history,' dies at 75". ABC News. Associated
Press. 2021-08-15. Archived from the original on 2021-08-15. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
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