August 15
1057 - Macbeth, King of Scotland, was killed by Malcolm Canmore, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.
1911 - Proctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening.
1914 - The Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
1935 - Aviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.
1939 - "The Wizard of Oz" had its world premier in Hollywood.
1947 - The Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan, after nearly 200 years of British rule.
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 Fair opened at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. More than 460,000 people attended the three-day festival, which would become a watershed event in American music and culture.
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 deadly 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 regained control of the Afghanistan capital of Kabul following the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country.
Birthdays
22 - Kizzy Edgell (actress)
30 - Ashley Nocera (model)
34 - Jennifer Lawrence (actress)
35 - Belinda (singer)
35 - Joe Jonas (singer)
38 - Natalia Kills (singer)
39 - Emily Kinney (actress)
46 - Kerri Walsh Jennings (volleyball player)
52 - Ben Affleck (actor)
54 - Anthony Anderson (actor)
56 - Debra Messing (actress)
59 - Jill Vertes (actress)
60 - Melinda Gates (philanthropist)
74 - Tess Harper (actress)
74 - Princess Anne (member of British royal family)
75 - Phyllis Smith (actress)
86 - Stephen Breyer (retired U.S. Supreme Court justice)
89 - Jim Dale (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 15
1905 - World heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries retires undefeated after seven title defenses. (He would return to the ring in 1910 to be beaten by Jack Johnson.)
1952 - Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27 in 9-innings, as he no-hits the Welch Minors; 4 Minors do reach base.
1958 - Stan Musial becomes the eighth player in MLB history with 3,000 career hits.
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.
1976 - The New York Nets defeat the Denver Nuggets in six games to win the final ABA championship.
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.
2018 - Manchester City ends the EPL season with a 1-0 win at Southampton having smashed 11 Premier League records including biggest title winning margin (19 points) and most points (100).
1057 - Macbeth, King of Scotland, was killed by Malcolm Canmore, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.
1911 - Proctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening.
1914 - The Panama Canal officially opened as the SS Ancon crossed the just-completed waterway linking the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
1935 - Aviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska.
1939 - "The Wizard of Oz" had its world premier in Hollywood.
1947 - The Indian Independence Bill created the two independent states of India and Pakistan, after nearly 200 years of British rule.
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 Fair opened at Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. More than 460,000 people attended the three-day festival, which would become a watershed event in American music and culture.
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 deadly 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 regained control of the Afghanistan capital of Kabul following the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country.
Birthdays
22 - Kizzy Edgell (actress)
30 - Ashley Nocera (model)
34 - Jennifer Lawrence (actress)
35 - Belinda (singer)
35 - Joe Jonas (singer)
38 - Natalia Kills (singer)
39 - Emily Kinney (actress)
46 - Kerri Walsh Jennings (volleyball player)
52 - Ben Affleck (actor)
54 - Anthony Anderson (actor)
56 - Debra Messing (actress)
59 - Jill Vertes (actress)
60 - Melinda Gates (philanthropist)
74 - Tess Harper (actress)
74 - Princess Anne (member of British royal family)
75 - Phyllis Smith (actress)
86 - Stephen Breyer (retired U.S. Supreme Court justice)
89 - Jim Dale (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 15
1905 - World heavyweight boxing champion James J. Jeffries retires undefeated after seven title defenses. (He would return to the ring in 1910 to be beaten by Jack Johnson.)
1952 - Ron Necciai of Pittsburgh Pirate's Bristol Twins Class D farm team, strikes out 27 in 9-innings, as he no-hits the Welch Minors; 4 Minors do reach base.
1958 - Stan Musial becomes the eighth player in MLB history with 3,000 career hits.
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.
1976 - The New York Nets defeat the Denver Nuggets in six games to win the final ABA championship.
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.
2018 - Manchester City ends the EPL season with a 1-0 win at Southampton having smashed 11 Premier League records including biggest title winning margin (19 points) and most points (100).
