August 15
1057 - Macbeth, king of Scotland, was killed by Malcolm Canmore, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.
1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica.
1911 - Proctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening.
1914 - The Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
1935 - Aviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow in the Alaska Territory.
1939 - The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood.
1944 - During World War II, Allied forces landed in southern France in Operation Dragoon.
1945 - In a pre-recorded radio address, Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II.
1947 - The Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan.
1948 - South Korea became the Republic of Korea.
1961 - As workers began constructing a Berlin Wall made of concrete, East German soldier Conrad Schumann leapt to freedom over a tangle of barbed wire.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opened at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York.
1971 - President Richard Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.
1989 - F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as acting president of South Africa, one day after P.W. Botha resigned as a result of a power struggle within the National Party.
1998 - A car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killed 29 people, the deadliest act of violence in more than 30 years of "Troubles."
2001 - Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
2017 - President Donald Trump, who’d faced harsh criticism for initially blaming the deadly weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia on “many sides,” told reporters that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the confrontation and that groups protesting against the white supremacists were “also very violent.” (In between those statements, at the urging of aides, Trump had offered a more direct condemnation of white supremacists.)
2021 - The Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital after the country’s government collapsed and the embattled Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, joined fellow citizens and foreigners in fleeing the country; the collapse marked the end of a two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country. As U.S. military helicopters whisked American diplomats to the airport in Kabul, the U.S. military said it was taking charge of air traffic control at the airport, where thousands of foreigners and Afghans were desperately trying to leave. The American flag was lowered at the embassy, where smoke rose as staff destroyed important documents. Afghans rushing to leave the country lined up at cash machines to withdraw their life savings.
Birthdays
28 - Ashley Nocera (model)
29 - Danielle Morrow (actress)
32 - Jennifer Lawrence (actress)
33 - Carlos PenaVega (actor/singer)
33 - Joe Jonas (singer)
33 - Courtney Hope (actress)
33 - Belinda (singer)
36 - Natalia Kills (singer)
38 - Jennifer Kirk (figure skater)
38 - Emily Kinney (actress)
45 - Nicole Paggi (actress)
48 - Natasha Henstridge (actress)
50 - Ben Affleck (actor)
52 - Anthony Anderson (actor)
54 - Debra Messing (actress)
55 - Peter Hermann (actor)
56 - Angela Rae (singer)
57 - Jill Vertes (reality star)
58 - Melinda Gates (philanthropist)
64 - Rondell Sheridan (actor/comedian)
67 - Larry Mathews (actor)
72 - Tess Harper (actress)
72 - Princess Anne (daughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II)
73 - Phyllis Smith (actress)
74 - Tom Johnston (singer)
84 - Stephen Breyer (retired Supreme Court justice)
86 - Pat Priest (actor)
87 - Jim Dale (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 15
1970 - Mrs. Pat Palinkas became the first woman to ‘play’ in a pro football game when she held the ball for the Orlando, FL, Panthers.
1984 - Pete Rose returned to become player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He had been away from his hometown for six years. Rose had been in Philadelphia and Montreal.
1990 - Mark McGwire hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to become the first major league player to hit 30 or more homers in his first four seasons.
1993 - Nolan Ryan got his 324th and final victory. The Texas Rangers beat the Indians 4-1.
1997 - The Los Angeles Dodgers retired Tommy Lasorda's #2.
1999 - Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship.
2005 - Phil Mickelson wins the PGA Championship.
2012 - Felix Hernandez pitched the Seattle Mariners’ first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0; it was the third perfect game and sixth no-hitter of the season.
1057 - Macbeth, king of Scotland, was killed by Malcolm Canmore, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.
1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica.
1911 - Proctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening.
1914 - The Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
1935 - Aviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow in the Alaska Territory.
1939 - The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood.
1944 - During World War II, Allied forces landed in southern France in Operation Dragoon.
1945 - In a pre-recorded radio address, Japan's Emperor Hirohito announced that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II.
1947 - The Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan.
1948 - South Korea became the Republic of Korea.
1961 - As workers began constructing a Berlin Wall made of concrete, East German soldier Conrad Schumann leapt to freedom over a tangle of barbed wire.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opened at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York.
1971 - President Richard Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.
1989 - F.W. de Klerk was sworn in as acting president of South Africa, one day after P.W. Botha resigned as a result of a power struggle within the National Party.
1998 - A car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killed 29 people, the deadliest act of violence in more than 30 years of "Troubles."
2001 - Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
2017 - President Donald Trump, who’d faced harsh criticism for initially blaming the deadly weekend violence in Charlottesville, Virginia on “many sides,” told reporters that there were “very fine people on both sides” of the confrontation and that groups protesting against the white supremacists were “also very violent.” (In between those statements, at the urging of aides, Trump had offered a more direct condemnation of white supremacists.)
2021 - The Taliban swept into Afghanistan’s capital after the country’s government collapsed and the embattled Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, joined fellow citizens and foreigners in fleeing the country; the collapse marked the end of a two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country. As U.S. military helicopters whisked American diplomats to the airport in Kabul, the U.S. military said it was taking charge of air traffic control at the airport, where thousands of foreigners and Afghans were desperately trying to leave. The American flag was lowered at the embassy, where smoke rose as staff destroyed important documents. Afghans rushing to leave the country lined up at cash machines to withdraw their life savings.
Birthdays
28 - Ashley Nocera (model)
29 - Danielle Morrow (actress)
32 - Jennifer Lawrence (actress)
33 - Carlos PenaVega (actor/singer)
33 - Joe Jonas (singer)
33 - Courtney Hope (actress)
33 - Belinda (singer)
36 - Natalia Kills (singer)
38 - Jennifer Kirk (figure skater)
38 - Emily Kinney (actress)
45 - Nicole Paggi (actress)
48 - Natasha Henstridge (actress)
50 - Ben Affleck (actor)
52 - Anthony Anderson (actor)
54 - Debra Messing (actress)
55 - Peter Hermann (actor)
56 - Angela Rae (singer)
57 - Jill Vertes (reality star)
58 - Melinda Gates (philanthropist)
64 - Rondell Sheridan (actor/comedian)
67 - Larry Mathews (actor)
72 - Tess Harper (actress)
72 - Princess Anne (daughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II)
73 - Phyllis Smith (actress)
74 - Tom Johnston (singer)
84 - Stephen Breyer (retired Supreme Court justice)
86 - Pat Priest (actor)
87 - Jim Dale (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 15
1970 - Mrs. Pat Palinkas became the first woman to ‘play’ in a pro football game when she held the ball for the Orlando, FL, Panthers.
1984 - Pete Rose returned to become player and manager of the Cincinnati Reds. He had been away from his hometown for six years. Rose had been in Philadelphia and Montreal.
1990 - Mark McGwire hit a grand slam in the 10th inning to become the first major league player to hit 30 or more homers in his first four seasons.
1993 - Nolan Ryan got his 324th and final victory. The Texas Rangers beat the Indians 4-1.
1997 - The Los Angeles Dodgers retired Tommy Lasorda's #2.
1999 - Tiger Woods wins the PGA Championship.
2005 - Phil Mickelson wins the PGA Championship.
2012 - Felix Hernandez pitched the Seattle Mariners’ first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0; it was the third perfect game and sixth no-hitter of the season.
