Tukuk-OS📅 August 15
16 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 15? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2005 — The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending more than 28 years of fighting.
- 1998 — The Troubles: A car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army killed 29 people and injured approximately 220 others in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
- 1977 — Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University, received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal (printout pictured).
Ohio State University Radio ObservatoryRadio telescopeOhio State University
- 1963 — President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
- 1948 — The Republic of Korea was established with Syngman Rhee as its first president.
- 1947 — Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured) took office as the first prime minister of India, a post he held for 16 years.
- 1944 — World War II: Allied forces began Operation Dragoon, their invasion of southern France.
- 1942 — World War II: The tanker SS Ohio reached Malta as part of an operation to deliver much-needed supplies during the siege of Malta.
- 1941 — Decree for the mass expulsion of ethnic Germans from Crimea issued by the Soviet government.
- 1941 — Josef Jakobs, a German spy, became the last person executed at the Tower of London.
- 1909 — A military coup against the government of Dimitrios Rallis began in the neighbourhood of Goudi in Athens, Greece.
- 1812 — War of 1812: Potawatomi warriors ambushed a United States Army convoy after it had evacuated Fort Dearborn, in present-day Chicago, and razed the fort.
- 1261 — Michael VIII Palaiologos was crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
Michael VIII PalaiologosList of Byzantine emperorsConstantinople
- 1038 — Upon the death of his uncle Stephen I, Peter (depicted) became the second king of Hungary.
- 1018 — Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles captured and blinded Ibatzes of Bulgaria by means of a ruse, ending the last resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
- 718 — Forces of the Umayyad Caliphate abandoned a year-long siege of Constantinople, ending their goal of conquering the Byzantine Empire.
Umayyad CaliphateSiege of Constantinople (717–718)Byzantine Empire
Births
- 2003 — Juanlu Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- 1999 — Paola Reis, BMX rider
- 1995 — Chief Keef, American rapper
- 1995 — Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player
- 1994 — Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
- 1994 — Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
- 1993 — Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
- 1993 — Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
- 1992 — Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
- 1992 — Matthew Judon, American football player
- 1991 — Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
- 1990 — Jennifer Lawrence, American actress and producer
Deaths
- 2024 — Peter Marshall, American game show host, performer, and singer (born 1926)
- 2021 — Gerd Müller, German footballer (born 1945)
- 2020 — Robert Trump, American real-estate developer, business executive (born 1948)
- 2017 — Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (born 1925)
- 2015 — Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (born 1940)
- 2015 — Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (born 1936)
- 2014 — Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (born 1909)
- 2013 — Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (born 1944)
- 2013 — Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (born 1930)
- 2013 — Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1942)
- 2013 — August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (born 1936)
- 2012 — Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (born 1956)
Observances & holidays
- Armed Forces Day (Poland)
- Christian feast day: Altfrid
- Christian feast day: Alypius of Thagaste
- Christian feast day:
Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances:
Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
Dormition of the Mother of GodEastern Orthodox ChurchOriental Orthodox Churches
- Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Ferragosto (Italy)
- Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Māras (Latvia)
- Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
- Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: National Acadian Day (Acadians)
- Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Navy Day (Romania)
- Christian feast day: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Elvira Moragas Cantarero
- Christian feast day: Blessed Giuliana Puricelli
- Christian feast day: Blessed Isidore Bakanja
- Christian feast day: San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism)
- Christian feast day: Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism)
- Christian feast day: Stanislaus Kostka
- Christian feast day: Tarcisius
- Christian feast day: August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
- Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960
Public holidays in the Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo
- International Apostrophe Day
- National Day (Liechtenstein)
- National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh)
- The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)
- The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances: Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture)
- Victory Day (Afghanistan), celebrating the 2021 Fall of Kabul
- Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances: End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held (Japan)
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