August 15 historical events
636 — Battle of the Yarmuk
The Battle of the Yarmuk (also spelled Yarmouk; Arabic: معركة اليرموك) was a major battle between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate near the Yarmouk River in Byzantine Syria that marked a crucial point in the Muslim conquest of Syria. The result of the battle was a decisive Arab victory that effectively ended Byzantine rule in Syria.
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718 — The Umayyad siege of Constantinople ends
On August 15, 718, the Umayyad army withdrew from Constantinople, ending a siege that had lasted about a year. The Byzantine capital remained in imperial hands.
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778 — Battle of Roncevaux Pass
The Battle of Roncevaux Pass (French and English spelling, Roncesvalles in Spanish, Orreaga in Basque) in 778 saw a large force of Basques ambush a part of Charlemagne's army in Roncevaux Pass, a high mountain pass in the Pyrenees on the present border between France and Spain, after his invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. The Basque attack was in retaliation for Charlemagne's destruction of the city walls of their capital, Pamplona.
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978 — Battle of Tawahin (978)
The Battle of Tawahin took place on 15 August 978 between the Fatimid army, led in person by Caliph al-Aziz, and the forces of Alptakin, the Turkic ruler of Damascus. The battle followed a series of back-and-forth operations by both sides for control of Palestine and southern Syria during the previous years, in which Fatimid forces had advanced from Egypt, only to be defeated and thrown back by varying combinations of regional rivals.
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1057 — Battle of Lumphanan
The Battle of Lumphanan was fought on 15 August 1057, between Macbeth, King of Scotland, and Máel Coluim mac Donnchada, the future King Malcolm III. Macbeth was killed, having drawn his retreating forces north to make a last stand. According to tradition, the battle took place near the Peel of Lumphanan in Aberdeenshire. Macbeth's Stone, some 300 metres (980 ft) south-west of the peel, is said to be the stone upon which Macbeth was beheaded.
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1097 — Battle of Consuegra
The Battle of Consuegra was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista fought on August 15, 1097 near the village of Consuegra in the province of Castile-La Mancha between the Castilian and Leonese army of Alfonso VI and the Almoravids under Yusuf ibn Tashfin. The battle soon turned into Almoravid victory and the son of El Cid, Diego Rodríguez, perished. Alfonso with some Leónese retreated into the castle of Consuegra, which was besieged for eight days until the Almoravids withdraw to the south.
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1209 — Siege of Carcassonne
The Siege of Carcassonne was a military engagement which took place from August 1, 1209, to August 15, 1209, during the Albigensian Crusade. It took place in the Languedoc region of southern France at the fortified town of Carcassonne. The Siege was led by Arnaud Amaury as part of the Crusader effort to eliminate Catharism, a Christian sect regarded as heretical, from Southern France.
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1224 — Siege of Tartu (1224)
The siege of Tartu, or Dorpat, took place in 1224 and resulted in the fall of the last major center of Estonian resistance in the mainland provinces to the Christian conquest of Estonia.
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1237 — Battle of the Puig
The Battle of the Puig of 1237, also known as the Battle of the Puig de Santa Maria, the Battle of the Puig de Enesa, or the Battle of the Puig de Cepolla was a battle of the Iberian Reconquista and of the Aragonese Conquest of Valencia.
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1248 — The foundation stone of the Gothic Cologne Cathedral is laid
Archbishop Konrad von Hochstaden laid the foundation stone for the Gothic cathedral in Cologne. The new church was built on the site of an earlier cathedral and housed the shrine of the Three Kings.
15 August is the historical Julian date, corresponding to 22 August in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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1249 — First Battle of Athenry
The First Battle of Athenry was fought on 15 August 1249 at Athenry (Irish: Áth na Ríogh) in modern County Galway, Ireland. The Irish forces of Connacht besieged the town but were repelled by the English under Jordan de Exeter, Sheriff of Connacht. Áth na Ríogh had existed as a Gaelic settlement under the Ó Mainnín kings of Soghain [1], but between 1236 and 1241 Meyler de Bermingham captured the area and made Athenry an urban walled settlement.
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1261 — Michael VIII is crowned again in Constantinople
On August 15, 1261, Michael VIII Palaiologos entered Constantinople and was crowned emperor there. Byzantine forces had retaken the city the previous month.
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1310 — Hospitaller conquest of Rhodes
The Knights Hospitaller, led by Grand Master Foulques de Villaret, landed on Rhodes in summer 1306 and quickly conquered most of it except for the city of Rhodes, which remained in Byzantine hands. Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos sent reinforcements, which allowed the city to repel the initial Hospitaller attacks, and persevere until it was captured on 15 August 1310.
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1317 — Battle of Lough Raska
The Battle of Lough Raska (Irish: Loch Rasca) or Battle of Corcomroe (Irish: Corca Mrua) took place on 15 August 1317 near Corcomroe Abbey in north County Clare, Ireland. It was part of a fight for control of the Uí Briain chieftaincy and part of the Anglo-Norman wars in Ireland. Forces loyal to Muircheartach Ó Briain were commanded by Diarmait Ó Briain in a pitched battle against Donnchadh Ó Briain, who was an ally of Mathghamhain Ó Briain and Richard de Clare. Both armies were about 9,000 men each. Diarmait Ó Briain's forces were victorious.
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1453 — Battle of Ghedi
The Battle of Ghedi was a battle during the long conflict between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan which lasted between the years 1425 and 1454 (the year in which the Peace of Lodi was signed). This battle took place on 15 August 1453 near the Lombard town of Ghedi. The clash allowed the Duchy of Milan to recover a big part of Bassa Bresciana.
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1483 — Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel
Sixtus IV consecrated the new chapel and dedicated it to Our Lady of the Assumption.
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1505 — Battle of Mombasa (1505)
The Battle of Mombasa in 1505 was a military engagement between Portuguese forces under the command of the first Viceroy of India Dom Francisco de Almeida and the Sultanate of Mombasa. The Portuguese staged a landing and sacked the city on the occasion.
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1517 — Fernão Pires de Andrade's fleet reaches the Canton area
A Portuguese fleet commanded by Fernão Pires de Andrade reached the Pearl River estuary near Canton, now Guangzhou. The voyage sought commercial contact with Ming China.
August 15 is the conventional date in the Portuguese account. It predates Portugal's adoption of the Gregorian calendar.
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1519 — The original Panama City is founded
On 15 August 1519, Pedro Arias Dávila founded Panama City on the Pacific coast of present-day Panama. This was the original settlement, whose site is now known as Panamá Viejo, rather than the city’s later rebuilt site.
This is the original city’s foundation, rather than its reestablishment at a different site in 1673.
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1537 — Juan de Salazar establishes the fort that became Asunción
On August 15, 1537, Spanish captain Juan de Salazar y Espinosa established a fort by the Paraguay River in the territory of the Carios, a Guaraní people. The settlement grew into Asunción.
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1540 — The Spanish colonial town of Arequipa is founded
On August 15, 1540, Garcí Manuel de Carbajal founded the Spanish colonial town of Arequipa on the orders of Francisco Pizarro. The Spanish Crown granted it city status the following year.
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1549 — Francis Xavier lands at Kagoshima
The Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier came ashore at Kagoshima on the island of Kyushu. He traveled with Anjirō, a Japanese Christian who served as his interpreter, and began a mission in Japan.
15 August is the historical Julian date, corresponding to 25 August in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
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1592 — Battle of Hansan Island
The Battle of Hansan Island (Korean: 한산도 대첩) and the following engagement at Angolpo took place on 15 August 1592. In two naval encounters, Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin's fleet managed to destroy roughly 100 Japanese ships and halted Japanese naval operations along the southern coast.
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1599 — Battle of Curlew Pass
The Battle of Curlew Pass was fought on 15 August 1599 during the campaign of the Earl of Essex in the Nine Years' War, between an English force under Sir Conyers Clifford and a rebel Irish force led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell. The English were ambushed and routed while marching through a pass in the Curlew Mountains, near the town of Boyle, in the west of Ireland.
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1636 — First siege of Corbie
The first siege of Corbie took place 7–15 August 1636 during the Thirty Years' War and the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59) where a Spanish army under the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand and his lieutenant Prince of Carignano successfully capture the important French fortress of Corbie. The siege would only last a little over a week with the fortress eventually surrendering after eight days on 15 August.
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1645 — Battle of Kilsyth
The Battle of Kilsyth was an engagement of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms which took place on 15 August 1645 at Kilsyth. Despite a numerical disadvantage, the battle was another victory for the Royalist general Montrose over the Covenanters, and marked the end of William Baillie's pursuit of the Royalist forces.
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1649 — Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, 1649 to 1653, refers to the defeat of the Irish Catholic Confederation and their allies, by forces of the Commonwealth of England, led by Oliver Cromwell. It concluded the 1641 to 1653 Irish Confederate Wars and 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, which modern estimates generally agree led to an overall decline in the pre-1641 Irish population of over 15%, due to war, famine and disease.
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1676 — Siege of Christianstad
The siege of Christianstad (Danish: Belejringen af Christianstad, Swedish: Belägringen av Kristianstad), also known as the Capture of Christianstad (Danish: Overtagelsen af Christianstad, Swedish: övertagandet av Kristianstad), was a siege conducted by Christian V of Denmark on the Swedish-held city of Christianstad (Kristianstad) from 10 to 15 August 1676 during the Scanian War. The besieged Swedes would eventually surrender, and Christianstad would be occupied until 1678.
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1695 — Bombardment of Brussels
During the Nine Years' War, the French Royal Army carried out a bombardment of Brussels from August 13–15, 1695. Led by King Louis XIV and the Duke of Villeroi, French forces bombarded the city in an attempt to divert Grand Alliance troops from reinforcing the concurrent siege of Namur. The bombardment ultimately proved to be the most destructive event in the history of Brussels, destroying a third of the buildings in the city, including the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square).
French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
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1702 — Battle of Luzzara
The Battle of Luzzara was a battle of the War of the Spanish Succession, fought on 15 August 1702 near Luzzara, Italy between forces of France under Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme, and forces of Austria under Prince Eugene of Savoy.
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1760 — Battle of Liegnitz (1760)
The Battle of Liegnitz on 15 August 1760 saw Frederick the Great's Prussian Army defeat the Austrian army under Ernst von Laudon. The armies collided around the town of Liegnitz (now Legnica, Poland) in Lower Silesia. Laudon's Austrian cavalry attacked the Prussian position in the early morning but were beaten back by General Zieten's Hussars. An artillery duel emerged which was eventually won for the Prussians when a grenade hit an Austrian powder wagon. The Austrian infantry then proceeded to attack the Prussian line, but was met with concentrated artillery fire. A Prussian infantry counter-attack led by the Regiment Anhalt-Bernburg on the left forced the Austrians into retreat.
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1799 — Action of 15 August 1799
The Action of 15 August 1799 was a naval engagement between the Portuguese and the Algerians. The Portuguese brigantine was sailing alongside merchant ships until intercepted by an Algerian ship. The brigantine and a merchant ship were captured by the Algerians.
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1799 — Battle of Schwyz
Battle of Schwyz im Muttenthal occurred on 14–15 August 1799 between French forces commanded by General of Division André Masséna and Major General von Franz Jellachich's brigade. The French lost 500 killed, wounded or missing, and the Austrians lost 2,400 men and six guns.
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1806 — Battle of Mišar
The Battle of Mišar (Serbian: Бој на Мишару, romanized: Boj na Mišaru) was fought between Serbian revolutionaries and an Ottoman army, it took place from 13 to 15 August 1806 during the First Serbian Uprising. After repulsing an Ottoman force at Ivankovac, the year before, the Serbian insurgents under Karađorđe took strong position, entrenched in sconces on the field of Mišar Hill, near Šabac west of Belgrade.
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1812 — Battle of Fort Dearborn
The Battle of Fort Dearborn was an engagement between United States troops and Potawatomi Native Americans that occurred on August 15, 1812, near Fort Dearborn in what is now Chicago, Illinois, but was then part of the Illinois Territory. The battle, which occurred during the War of 1812, followed the evacuation of the fort as ordered by William Hull, commander of the United States Army of the Northwest. The battle lasted about 15 minutes and resulted in a complete victory for the Native Americans. Fort Dearborn was burned down and those soldiers and settlers who survived were taken captive.
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1814 — War of 1812: British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege of Fort Erie
The War of 1812 was a conflict initiated by the United States against the United Kingdom and its allies fought mainly in North America and at sea during the wider Napoleonic Wars. The United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812. Although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent, the war did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by the United States Senate on 17 February 1815.
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1843 — Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark
Tivoli Gardens, also known simply as Tivoli (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰiwoli]), is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg, also in Denmark. With 4.25 million visitors in 2024, Tivoli is the most visited amusement park in Scandinavia and second-most popular seasonal amusement park in the world after Europa-Park.
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1843 — Honolulu’s Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace is dedicated
Catholic clergy formally dedicated the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu. The cathedral is the mother church of the Diocese of Honolulu.
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1863 — Bombardment of Kagoshima
The Bombardment of Kagoshima, also known as the Anglo-Satsuma War (薩英戦争, Satsu-Ei Sensō), was a military engagement fought between Britain and the Satsuma Domain in Kagoshima from 15 to 17 August 1863. The British were attempting to extract compensation and legal justice from daimyo Shimazu Tadayoshi for the 1862 Namamugi incident. The engagement began when a Royal Navy fleet commanded by Sir Augustus Kuper was fired on from Satsuma coastal batteries near Kagoshima.
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1864 — Second Battle of Dalton
The Second Battle of Dalton was fought August 14–15, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces in Whitfield County northern Georgia.
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1865 — Capture of Chihuahua (1865)
The Capture of Chihuahua took place on 15 August 1865, during the Second French intervention in Mexico. General Augustin Brincourt Henri, with French troops under his command, took Chihuahua City in Chihuahua State, Mexico, from the Republicans on behalf of the Second Mexican Empire.
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1867 — Passage of Curupayty (1867)
The passage of Curupayty was an allied naval operation carried out on 15 August 1867, in the context of the Paraguayan War, which aimed to force the passage of Brazilian battleships against the defensive fortifications installed in the Curupayty fort on the banks of the Paraguay river. There was a second crossing on 13 February 1868 with a fleet of armored monitors destined to join the fleet that had crossed first to form the squadron responsible for forcing the Passage of Humaitá.
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1883 — Battle of Phủ Hoài
The Battle of Phu Hoai (15 August 1883) was an indecisive engagement between the Tonkin Expeditionary Corps and Liu Yongfu's Black Flag Army during the early months of the Tonkin campaign (1883–1886). The battle took place during the period of increasing tension between France and China that eventually culminated in the Sino-French War (August 1884–April 1885).
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1899 — Fratton Park opens to visitors
Fratton Park in Portsmouth, England, opened to visitors on 15 August 1899. Portsmouth played its first match at the ground in September.
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1900 — Battle of Peking (1900)
The Battle of Peking (Chinese: 北京之戰), or historically the Relief of Peking (Chinese: 北京解圍戰), was the battle fought on 14–15 August 1900 in Beijing, in which the Eight-Nation Alliance relieved the siege of the Peking Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion. From 20 June 1900, Boxers and Imperial Chinese Army troops had besieged foreign diplomats, citizens and soldiers within the legations of Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Britain, France, Italy, The German Empire, Japan, Netherlands, The Russian Empire, Spain and the United States.
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1912 — Capture of Üskup
The Capture of Üskup marked a significant event during the Albanian revolt of 1912. Led by Idriz Seferi, Albanian rebels successfully seized Üskup from the Ottoman Authorities, which served as the capital of the Kosovo Vilayet at the time. This capture prompted the Young Turk government in Constantinople to accept the Albanian demands, chief among them being the establishment of an Autonomous Albanian vilayet.
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1914 — Battle of Cer
The Battle of Cer was a military campaign fought between Austria-Hungary and Serbia in August 1914, starting three weeks into the Serbian Campaign of 1914, the initial military action of the First World War. It took place around Cer Mountain and several surrounding villages, as well as the town of Šabac.
World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
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1914 — Affair of Agbeluvoe
The Affair of Agbeluvoe ["affair" a military engagement by a force less than a division] (Agbéluvhoé, Beleaguer or the Battle of Tsewie, was fought during the First World War between invading British Empire soldiers of the West African Rifles and German Polizeitruppen (paramilitary police) in German Togoland (now Togo) on 15 August 1914.
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1914 — Seven people are killed in an arson attack at Taliesin
On August 15, 1914, Julian Carlton, a servant at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin home in Wisconsin, set fire to the living quarters and killed seven people. Wright was away working in Chicago. The fire largely destroyed the residential wing of Taliesin.
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1914 — The Panama Canal officially opens with the passage of the Ancón
The steamship Ancón crossed the isthmus through the Panama Canal on its official opening day. The new waterway allowed ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific without going around South America.
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1915 — Landing at Suvla Bay
The landing at Suvla Bay was an amphibious landing made at Suvla on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire as part of the August Offensive, the final British attempt to break the deadlock of the Battle of Gallipoli. The landing, which commenced on the night of 6 August 1915, was intended to support a breakout from the ANZAC sector, five miles (8 km) to the south.
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1917 — Action of 15 August 1917
The action of 15 August 1917 was a naval engagement which occurred during the First World War. The action was fought between a German U-boat (believed to be SM UC-63) and two naval trawlers, Nelson and Ethel & Millie, in the North Sea.
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1920 — Battle of Borkowo
The Battle of Borkowo took place on 14–15 August 1920, during the Polish–Soviet War. Polish Army's Siberian Brigade, commanded by Colonel Kazimierz Rumsza, clashed with Red Army's 11th and 16th Rifle Divisions (part of 5th Army under General August Kork). Polish Siberian Brigade was supported by subunits of 9th and 18th Infantry Divisions. The battle took place near the village of Borkowo, where Poles defended the Wkra river crossings.
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1939 — The Wizard of Oz has its Hollywood premiere
On August 15, 1939, The Wizard of Oz had its Hollywood premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. The MGM musical fantasy starred Judy Garland and was based on L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel. Its nationwide release followed on August 25, after earlier regional screenings.
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1939 — Thirteen German dive bombers crash during a demonstration
On August 15, 1939, thirteen German Ju 87 dive bombers crashed during a demonstration at the Neuhammer training grounds, near present-day Świętoszów in Poland. Twenty-six crew members died.
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1940 — Battle of Tug Argan
The Battle of Tug Argan was fought between forces of the British Empire and the Kingdom of Italy from 11 to 15 August 1940 in British Somaliland. The battle determined the result of the Italian invasion of British Somaliland in the East African Campaign of the Second World War.
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1940 — An Italian submarine sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos
An Italian submarine torpedoed the Greek cruiser Elli in the harbor of Tinos. The ship had been sent there for a religious celebration.
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1941 — Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad for espionage at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower
Josef Jakobs (30 June 1898 – 15 August 1941) was a German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London. He was captured shortly after parachuting into the United Kingdom during the Second World War. Convicted of espionage under the Treachery Act 1940, Jakobs was sentenced to death and shot by a military firing squad.
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1942 — Operation Pedestal
Operation Pedestal (Italian: Battaglia di Mezzo Agosto, Battle of mid-August), known in Malta as Il-Konvoj ta' Santa Marija (Santa Maria Convoy), was a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. British ships, submarines and aircraft from Malta attacked Axis convoys to Libya, during the North African Campaign (1940–1943).
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1942 — Operation Pedestal orders of battle
Operation Pedestal was a British convoy operation to supply the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. This article lists the ships and aircraft involved in the convoy and those of the Axis forces that opposed it. From 1940 to 1942, the Axis besieged Malta in what became known as the Siege of Malta (1940).
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1943 — Battle of Trahili
The Battle of Trahili (Greek: Μάχη στο Τραχήλι) was fought on 15 August 1943 between Cretan partisans and German occupying forces during World War II. It took place near the village of Vorizia in south-central Crete, when German forces attempted to surround a small group of partisans led by the local chieftain Petrakogiorgis. Most of the partisans managed to escape, despite being heavily outnumbered.
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1943 — 1943 Cupa României final
The 1943 Cupa României final was the 10th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was played between CFR Turnu Severin and Sportul Studențesc București, and was won by CFR Turnu Severin after a 4 goal shutout. It was the first time in history for the team from Drobeta-Turnu Severin.
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1943 — Operation Cottage
Operation Cottage was a joint American-Canadian plan to complete the recapture of the Aleutian Islands from the Japanese in 1943. Allied military forces landed on Kiska Island, which had been occupied by Japanese forces since June 1942. However, the Japanese had secretly abandoned the island two weeks earlier, and so the Allied landings were unopposed.
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1944 — Action of Port Cros
The Action of Port Cros (15 August 1944) took place during the Second World War off the French Riviera in the Mediterranean Sea on the island of Port-Cros. The battle began when a United States Navy warship encountered two German warships in August 1944 while supporting the Allied Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of the South of France.
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1944 — Operation Romeo
Operation Romeo was a French World War II commando operation to disable German artillery atop the cliffs of Cap Nègre. The operation happened the evening before Operation Dragoon, the main invasion of Southern France. The force consisted of 800 French commandos of the 1er Commando Français de l'Afrique du Nord (First French Commando of North Africa), commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Georges-Régis Bouvet. The attacking flotilla included the command ship HMCS Prince David, HMCS Prince Henry, HMS Princess Beatrix, HMS Prins Albert and four U.S. Motor Torpedo Boats. At 0130 15 August, 95 commandos in landing craft from Prince David beached first, while the remainder of the force waited offshore. The commandos had to climb a 350 feet (107 m) tall cliff to reach their objective. Half an hour later, they sent word back that the enemy gun positions had been silenced. The main body of Romeo then came onto the beach. About 800 commandos moved quickly and were soon established across the main road between Toulon and the Riviera. 300 German soldiers were killed and 700 taken prisoner. The French commandos suffered 11 men killed and 50 wounded. The force held its position until relieved by VI Corps from the east on August 15, 1944.
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1944 — Operation Dragoon
Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil), known as Débarquement de Provence in French (lit. 'Provence Landing'), was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944. Although initially designed to be executed in conjunction with Operation Overlord, the June 1944 Allied landing in Normandy, insufficient resources led to the cancellation of the second landing.
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1945 — Battle of North Borneo
The Battle of North Borneo took place during the Second World War between Allied and Japanese forces. Part of the wider Borneo campaign of the Pacific War, it was fought between 10 June and 15 August 1945 in North Borneo (later known as Sabah). The battle involved a series of amphibious landings by Australian forces on various points on the mainland around Brunei Bay and upon islands situated around the bay. Japanese opposition to the landings was sporadic initially, although as the campaign progressed a number of considerable clashes occurred and both sides suffered relatively significant casualties.
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1945 — Air raids on Japan
Allied forces conducted air raids on Japan from 1942 to 1945, causing extensive destruction to the country's cities and killing between 241,000 and 900,000 people. During the first years of the Pacific War these attacks were limited to the Doolittle Raid in April 1942 and small-scale raids on Japanese military positions in the Kuril Islands from mid-1943.
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1945 — Battle of Visayas
The Battle of Visayas (Filipino: Labanan sa Visayas; Visayan languages: Gubat sa Kabisay-an) was fought by U.S. forces and Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese from 18 March – 15 August 1945, in a series of actions officially designated as Operations Victor I and II, and part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II.
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1945 — Japan broadcasts the emperor’s surrender announcement
On August 15, 1945, Japanese radio broadcast Emperor Hirohito’s message announcing Japan’s acceptance of the Allied surrender terms. The formal instrument of surrender was signed on September 2.
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1945 — Indian Ocean in World War II
Prior to World War II, the Indian Ocean was an important maritime trade route between European nations and their colonial territories in East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, British India, Indochina, the East Indies (Indonesia), and Australia for a long time. Naval presence was dominated by the Royal Navy Eastern Fleet and the Royal Australian Navy as World War II began, with a major portion of the Royal Netherlands Navy operating in the Dutch East Indies and the Red Sea Flotilla of the Italian Regia Marina operating from Massawa.
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1947 — India becomes independent from British rule
India became an independent dominion under the arrangements established by the Indian Independence Act of 1947. The legislation ended British rule and provided for the partition of British India into the dominions of India and Pakistan. Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first prime minister as the country began building its new political institutions. Independence was celebrated after a long and varied struggle for self-government, but partition also brought displacement and widespread communal violence. The anniversary therefore marks both the creation of an independent state and a profound upheaval in the lives of millions across the subcontinent. India later became a republic in 1950.
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1947 — Muhammad Ali Jinnah takes the oath as Pakistan’s governor-general
Muhammad Ali Jinnah was sworn in as Pakistan’s first governor-general in Karachi. Mian Abdul Rashid, chief justice of the Lahore High Court, administered the oath.
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1948 — 1948 Cupa României final
The 1948 Cupa României final was the 11th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between ITA Arad and CFR Timișoara, and was won by Arad after a game with 5 goals. It was the first cup title in the history of ITA Arad. This was the first Cupa României final after the Second World War, with the previous edition played exactly five years earlier on 15 August 1943.
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1948 — The government of the Republic of Korea is inaugurated
On August 15, 1948, the government of the Republic of Korea was inaugurated at a ceremony in Seoul. Syngman Rhee was its first president.
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1950 — 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake
The 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake, also known as the Assam earthquake, occurred on 15 August and had a moment magnitude of 8.7. The epicentre was located in the Mishmi Hills. It is one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on land. Occurring on a Tuesday at 7:39 PM Indian Standard Time, the earthquake was destructive in both Assam (India) and Tibet (China), and approximately 4,800 people were killed.
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1952 — Lynmouth Flood
The Lynmouth Flood occurred on the night of 15–16 August 1952, principally affecting the village of Lynmouth, in North Devon. A storm with heavy rainfall, combined with already saturated soil and flood debris, led to the flooding of the village and a total loss of 34 lives.
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1955 — Satyagraha movement in Goa
The Satyagraha movement in Goa was a resistance movement against Portuguese rule in Goa, from 1946 to 1955.
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1959 — American Airlines Flight 514
American Airlines Flight 514 was a training flight from Idlewild International Airport in Queens, New York, to the Grumman Aircraft Corporation airfield in Calverton, New York. On the afternoon of August 15, 1959, the Boeing 707 operating the flight crashed near the Calverton airport, killing all five crew members aboard.
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1959 — 1959 FA Charity Shield
The 1959 FA Charity Shield was the 37th FA Charity Shield, an English football match between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup titles. This year's match was contested by league champions Wolverhampton Wanderers and FA Cup winners Nottingham Forest. The match was held at the start of the season for the first time, and was staged at Wolves' stadium, Molineux.
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1960 — The Republic of the Congo becomes independent from France
On August 15, 1960, the Republic of the Congo became independent from France. Fulbert Youlou served as the country’s first president.
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1963 — President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital
The Trois Glorieuses (lit. 'Three Glorious Days') was an uprising in Congo-Brazzaville which occurred from August 13 to 15, 1963. The uprising ended the rule of the first Congolese President, Fulbert Youlou, as the opposition trade union movement and Congolese Youth Union struck an alliance with the army.
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1963 — Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland
Henry John Burnett (5 January 1942 – 15 August 1963) was the last man to be hanged in Scotland, and the first in Aberdeen since 1891. He was tried at the high court in Aberdeen from 23 to 25 July 1963 for the murder of merchant seaman Thomas Guyan. His execution, at HM Prison, Craiginches, Aberdeen, was performed by hangman Harry Allen.
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1964 — 1964 FA Charity Shield
The 1964 FA Charity Shield was the 42nd FA Charity Shield, an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's First Division and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 15 August 1964 at Anfield, Liverpool and contested by Liverpool, who had won the 1963–64 First Division, and West Ham United, who had won the 1964 FA Cup Final.
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1965 — The Beatles' 1965 US tour
The Beatles staged their second concert tour of the United States (with one date in Canada) in the late summer of 1965. At the peak of American Beatlemania, they played a mixture of outdoor stadiums and indoor arenas, with historic concerts at Shea Stadium in New York and the Hollywood Bowl. Typical of the era, the tour was a "package" presentation, with several artists on the bill.
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1969 — EMLL 36th Anniversary Show
The EMLL 36th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on August 15, 1969 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 36th anniversary of EMLL, which would become the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. This was the first Anniversary show to take place in August.
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1969 — Operation Montgomery Rendezvous
Operation Montgomery Rendezvous was a security operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 101st Airborne Division in the area southwest of Huế in western Thừa Thiên Province, from 8 June to 15 August 1969.
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1969 — Operation Campbell Streamer
Operation Campbell Streamer was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation during the Vietnam War to engage People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units in the Bạch Mã.
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1969 — The Woodstock music festival opens in Bethel
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair began on a farm in Bethel, New York. Performances continued through the morning of August 18.
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1970 — Patricia Palinkas plays for the Orlando Panthers in a professional football exhibition
Patricia Palinkas became the first woman to play in a professional American football game when she took the field for the Orlando Panthers against the Bridgeport Jets. She held the ball for placekicks in the exhibition game.
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1971 — Independence Day (Bahrain)
Bahrain Independence Day occurred on 15 August 1971, when the country declared independence from the British following a United Nations survey of the Bahraini population. The British announced the withdrawal of their troops east of Suez in the early 1960s. Bahrain declared its independence on 15 August 1971, marked by the signing of a friendship treaty with the British that terminated previous agreements between the two sides.
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1971 — Operation Jackpot
Operation Jackpot (Bengali: অপারেশন জ্যাকপট) was a codename for three operations undertaken by the Mukti Bahini in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) against Pakistan forces at the climax of the Bangladesh War of Independence.
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1971 — 24th Locarno Film Festival
The 24th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 15 August 1971 in Locarno, Switzerland. Following the resignation of Sandro Bianconi and Freddy Buache the year before the directors of the festival became a committee of seven. The festival returned to is traditional summer schedule and open-air screenings. The festival featured the first screenings on the Piazza Grande, which would become a staple of the festival.
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1971 — The United States suspends dollar convertibility into gold
President Richard Nixon announced that the United States would suspend the conversion of dollars into gold for foreign monetary authorities. He also announced a temporary freeze on wages and prices.
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1973 — Operation Freedom Deal
Operation Freedom Deal was a military campaign led by the United States Seventh Air Force, taking place in Cambodia between 19 May 1970 and 15 August 1973. Part of the larger Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War, the goal of the operation was to provide air support and interdiction in the region.
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1974 — Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung Hee
Yuk Young-soo (Korean: 육영수; 29 November 1925 – 15 August 1974) was the wife of the 3rd South Korean president Park Chung Hee and the mother of the 11th South Korean president Park Geun-hye. She was the first lady when Park was in office, from 1962 until she was killed in 1974 during an attempted assassination of her husband.
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1975 — 15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état
A military coup was launched in Bangladesh on 15 August 1975, by mid-ranking army officers in order to assassinate President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, also known as Bangabandhu (lit. 'Friend of Bengal') or Mujib, was the country's founding president, but post-independence his administration grew corrupt and reportedly 'increasingly authoritarian' until he formed a 'one-party state' led by the socialist Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League.
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1976 — SAETA Flight 011 disappears on a flight from Quito to Cuenca
On August 15, 1976, SAETA Flight 011 went missing on a flight from Quito to Cuenca with 59 people aboard. Investigators later confirmed that wreckage found on Ecuador’s Chimborazo volcano was from the aircraft.
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1976 — 1976 Campeón de Campeones
The 1976 Campeón de Campeones was the 34th edition of the Campeón de Campeones, an annual football super cup match. The match-up featured Cruz Azul, the winners of the 1975–76 Mexican Primera División, and América, the winners of the 1975–76 Copa México. It was played at the Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, on 15 August 1976. América won the match 2–0 to secure their second Campeón de Campeones title.
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1976 — 29th Locarno Film Festival
The 29th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1976 in Locarno, Switzerland. The Locarno open-air screenings were moved inside for five nights due to rain, at the cost of $2,000 each night in lost revenue for the festival. The festival attracted controversial by screening the erotic film In the Realm of the Senses and the then recently deceased Pier Paolo Pasolini's Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom.
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1977 — Ohio State's Big Ear telescope detects the Wow! signal
The Big Ear radio telescope detected an unusual signal from the direction of Sagittarius. Astronomer Jerry Ehman later marked the printout with the word “Wow!”
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1978 — Taiwan Railways introduces EMU100 trains on regular Tze-Chiang services
Taiwan Railways began using its first EMU100 electric trains in scheduled Tze-Chiang express service.
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1982 — 35th Locarno Film Festival
The 35th Locarno Film Festival was held from 6 to 15 August 1982 in Locarno, Switzerland. This was David Strieff's first year as director following the departure of Jean-Pierre Brossard. A retrospective of Powell and Pressburger films was screened, which coincided with the burgeoning recognition of their work as "auteurs" in film circles.
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1984 — 1984 PKK attacks
The 15 August 1984 PKK attacks, which were led by Mahsum Korkmaz (known as "Agit"), marked the start of the last phase of Kurdish–Turkish conflict. Since the PKK's second party Congress, which was held from 20 to 25 August 1982 in Daraa, Syria, it was decided that the PKK would start preparing for an insurgency inside Turkey.
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1985 — Assam Accord
The Assam Accord (1985) was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement in New Delhi on 15 August 1985. The accord brought an end to the Assam Agitation and paved the way for the leaders of the agitation to form a political party and form a government in the state of Assam soon after.
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1986 — August 1986 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq
The August 1986 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq, by the Turkish Air Forces and Turkish Land Forces, began on 15 August 1986, when the Turkish Military bombed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq and Turkish troops crossed the Iraqi border as a respond to PKK attack in Uludere, Hakkari on 12 August 1986 which killed 12 Turkish soldiers and injured 10 others.
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1987 — 1987 New Zealand general election
The 1987 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the 42nd sitting of the New Zealand Parliament. The governing New Zealand Labour Party, led by Prime Minister David Lange, was re-elected for a second term, although the Opposition National Party made gains.
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1989 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 was a domestic flight from Shanghai to Nanchang, Jiangxi province, operated by an An-24. On 15 August 1989, an An-24 operating this flight crashed into Zhoujiabang about 240 meters away from the airport due to engine failure when taking off at Hongqiao Airport, killing 34 people. 6 people survived.
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1992 — 1992 South Africa vs New Zealand rugby union match
In 1992, South Africa played a rugby union test match against New Zealand, which later became known as the Return Test. It was a rugby union test match between the South African national rugby union team (colloquially known as the Springboks) and New Zealand national rugby union team (colloquially known as the All Blacks) at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on 15 August 1992. It was named as the Return Test as it was South Africa's first test match since the International Rugby Board (IRB) had banned them due to apartheid.
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1992 — 45th Locarno Film Festival
The 45th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1992 in Locarno, Switzerland. All 19 films in competition were premieres, 14 were world premieres and the rest European premieres. Ten film in competition were first time features from directors. This was Marco Mueller's first year as festival head and artistic director following the departure of David Strieff.
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1993 — 46th Locarno Film Festival
The 46th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1993 in Locarno, Switzerland. The competition featured 22 film all of which had international premieres, with 17 out of 22 being world premieres. Samuel Fuller was award the Leopard of Honor, for his lifetime achievement in the film industry. A retrospective of Sasha Guitry was held and, in total, the festival screened over 200 films.
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1997 — 1997 Honduran Supercup
The 1997 Honduran Supercup was held between winners of 1996–97 Honduran Liga Nacional (Olimpia) and 1996 Honduran Cup (Platense) resulting in the Lions as winners. It was the first ever contested Honduran Supercup.
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1998 — Omagh bombing
The Omagh bombing (Irish: Buamáil an Ómaigh) was a car bombing that took place on 15 August 1998 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It was carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army, a Provisional Irish Republican Army splinter group who opposed the IRA's ceasefire and the Good Friday Agreement. The bombing ultimately killed 29 people and injured some 220 others, the highest death toll from a single incident during the Troubles. Telephoned warnings had been sent about 40 minutes beforehand, but were inaccurate and police had inadvertently moved people towards the bomb.
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1998 — Operation Eagle (Kosovo War)
Operation Eagle was a military operation by the "Kobra Unit" of the Kosovo Liberation Army in the villages of Vokša and Slup against Yugoslav forces. The engagement resulted in the deaths of six Yugoslav policemen and soldiers, meanwhile the KLA suffered no casualties. The KLA also managed to capture ammunition and equipment from the Yugoslav Army, before withdrawing back to the Albanian-Yugoslav border.
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1998 — 51st Locarno Film Festival
The 51st Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 1998 in Locarno, Switzerland. There were 11 first or second features in competition out of 20 total. The opening film of the festival was Mulan directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook. It was screened on the Piazza Grande, the 7,000 seat open-air theater.
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1998 — Apple’s first iMac goes on sale in the United States
Apple’s first iMac reached U.S. retail stores. The all-in-one desktop featured a translucent blue case and a PowerPC G3 processor. Apple had unveiled it in May.
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2001 — 2001 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
The 2001 AFC–OFC Challenge Cup was the first edition of the AFC–OFC Challenge Cup, it was contested between Japan, winners of the 2000 AFC Asian Cup, and Australia, winners of the 2000 OFC Nations Cup. The match was played in one leg on 15 August 2001 in Fukuroi, Shizuoka.
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2004 — SummerSlam (2004)
SummerSlam (2004) was the seventeenth annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Stacker 2's YJ Stinger and took place on August 15, 2004, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The main match on the Raw brand was Chris Benoit versus Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Orton won by pinfall after performing an RKO. The predominant match on the SmackDown! brand was John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) versus The Undertaker for the WWE Championship, which JBL won after Undertaker was disqualified.
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2004 — Partizani wins the 2004 Albanian Supercup
Partizani beat KF Tirana 2–0 at Qemal Stafa Stadium in Tirana. Albano Allmuça and Dorian Bylykbashi scored in the first half.
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2005 — Insurgency in Aceh
The insurgency in Aceh, officially designated the Rebellion in Aceh (Indonesian: Pemberontakan di Aceh) by the Indonesian government, was a conflict fought by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) between 1976 and 2005, with the goal of making the province of Aceh independent from Indonesia. The aftermath of a military offensive in 2003 and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami brought a peace agreement and an eventual end to the insurgency.
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2006 — Second Tyre Operation
The Second Tyre Operation was an Israeli military operation, carried out by the Maglan unit of the Israel Defense Forces during the 2006 Lebanon War, on August 3–15, 2006. The unit destroyed about 150 targets, including about 40 rocket launchers, in the western sector of southern Lebanon. According to Niccolò Petrelli, the commandos came from Maglan unit.
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2007 — Operation Phantom Strike
Operation Phantom Strike was a major offensive launched by the Multi-National Corps - Iraq on 15 August 2007 in a crackdown to disrupt Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and Shia extremist operations in Iraq. It consisted of a number of simultaneous operations throughout Iraq focused on pursuing remaining AQI terrorists and Iranian-supported extremist groups. It was concluded in January 2008 and followed up with Operation Phantom Phoenix.
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2007 — Lok Ma Chau station and its spur line open
On 15 August 2007, Lok Ma Chau station and the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line opened in Hong Kong.
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2007 — 2007 Peru earthquake
The 2007 Peru earthquake, which measured 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale, hit the central coast of Peru on August 15 at 23:40:57 UTC (18:40:57 local time) and lasted two minutes. The epicenter was located 150 km (93 mi) south-southeast of Lima at a depth of 39 km (24 mi). At least 595 people died and over 2,290 people were injured.
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2008 — China defeats Chinese Taipei in Olympic baseball
China beat Chinese Taipei 8–7 in twelve innings in the Olympic baseball tournament at Beijing's Wukesong venue.
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2009 — Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg
Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg was a mixed martial arts event held by Strikeforce. It was held in San Jose, California on August 15, 2009. The event aired live on the Showtime cable network and marked the first time two women headlined a major MMA event.
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2009 — Battle of Rafah (2009)
The Battle of Rafah (2009) took place between Hamas and Jund Ansar Allah in the Rafah Governorate of the Gaza Strip. Fighting between the two Palestinian militant organizations broke out on 14 August 2009, when Jund Ansar Allah's founder Abdel Latif Moussa denounced the Hamas government for supposedly failing to enforce Islamic law and for "not being any different from a secular government" since it ousted Fatah during the Battle of the Gaza Strip in June 2007.
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2009 — 62nd Locarno Film Festival
The 62nd Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 2009 in Locarno, Switzerland. There were 18 films from 15 countries in competition, seven of which were from first time directors. The opening film of the festival was (500) Days Of Summer directed by Marc Webb. The closing film of the festival was Byambasuren Davaa's 2009 documentary Two Horses of Genghis Khan (Chingisiyn Hoyor Zagal).
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2010 — Bloodymania IV
Bloodymania IV was a professional wrestling event produced by Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW), which took place at midnight on August 15, 2010 at Hog Rock in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. Professional wrestling is a type of sports entertainment in which theatrical events are combined with a competitive sport. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event were planned by JCW's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from Juggalo Championship Wrestling, as well as guest wrestlers from the independent circuit. Like Bloodymania III, the event did not feature a buildup from a season of JCW's SlamTV!
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2010 — SummerSlam (2010)
SummerSlam (2010) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and presented by 7-Eleven and Slim Jim, that took place on August 15, 2010, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for the second consecutive year. It was the twenty-third annual SummerSlam event and six matches took place. SummerSlam received 350,000 pay-per-view buys, a decrease on the 369,000 buys garnered by SummerSlam (2009).
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2011 — Google announces a deal to buy Motorola Mobility
Google and Motorola Mobility announced a definitive agreement valued at about $12.5 billion in cash. The deal was subject to regulatory approval and closed in May 2012.
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2013 — August 2013 Beirut bombing
On 15 August 2013, a car bomb exploded in Beirut, Lebanon killing twenty seven people and injuring over two-hundred people. The car bomb was intended for the stronghold of Hezbollah. It was reportedly the "worst explosion in south Beirut" since a 1985 truck bomb assassination attempt targeting top Shiite cleric Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. The Islamist group Aisha Umm-al Mouemeneen, also known as Brigades of Aisha, were responsible for the explosion. In their statement the group accused Hezbollah and Nasrallah of being Iranian agents and threatened more attacks. "This is the second time that we decide the time and place of the battle ...
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2013 — Hardcore Justice (2013)
The 2013 Hardcore Justice (also known as Impact Wrestling: Hardcore Justice) was the ninth edition of Hardcore Justice professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on August 15, 2013 and aired on the August 15 and August 22 broadcasts of TNA's weekly flagship program Impact Wrestling.
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2013 — Smithsonian scientists announce the identification of the olinguito
Researchers announced a previously undescribed member of the raccoon family, the olinguito. They used museum specimens, DNA and field observations to distinguish the animal, which lives in the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador, from related species.
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2014 — 2014 Gagaʻifomauga by-election
A by-election was held in the Gagaʻifomauga no.1 constituency in Samoa on 15 August 2014. The Gagaʻifomauga no.1 seat in the Legislative Assembly had been held by Aniteleʻa Tuiloʻa for the Human Rights Protection Party in the 2011 general election; he had first won it in 2006. During the 15th Parliament, he served as an associate minister in the Ministry for Women, Community and Social Development.
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2014 — Field of Honor (2014)
Field of Honor (2014) was the inaugural Field of Honor professional wrestling event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH), that took place on August 15, 2014 at the MCU Park in Brooklyn, New York. Field of Honor '14 is on ROH Wrestling.com's Home Page in the Video on Demand Section.
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2014 — CMLL Universal Championship (2014)
The CMLL Universal Championship 2014 (Campeonato Universal in Spanish) was a professional wrestling tournament produced by the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) promotion, which took place over three Super Viernes shows between August 15 and 29, 2014, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The CMLL Universal Championship is an annual tournament of CMLL champions that was first held in 2009 and has been held annually ever since.
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2014 — The Lhasa–Shigatse railway opens
The railway between Lhasa and Shigatse opened as an extension of the Qinghai–Tibet railway. The first passenger train left Lhasa the following morning.
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2015 — 19th Lima Film Festival
The 19th Lima Film Festival, organized by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, took place from 7 to 15 August 2015 in Lima, Peru. The awards were announced on 15 August 2015, with Embrace of the Serpent winning the Trophy Spondylus.
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2015 — Shabwah campaign
The Shabwah campaign (March–August 2015) was a campaign for control of the Shabwah Governorate of Yemen, between the Houthis and Yemen Army units loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh on one side, and militiamen and Yemen Army units loyal to Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi on the other side. The offensive was also launched during a previously started AQAP offensive.
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2015 — 2015 Israel Super Cup
The 2015 Israel Super Cup was the 20th Israel Super Cup (25th, including unofficial matches, as the competition wasn't played within the Israel Football Association in its first 5 editions, until 1969), an annual Israel football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup. This was the first time since 1990 that the match was staged, after a planned resumption of the cup was cancelled in 2014.
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2015 — 68th Locarno Film Festival
The 68th Locarno Film Festival was held from 5 to 15 August 2015 in Locarno, Switzerland. The opening film was Ricki and the Flash directed by Jonathan Demme. It was screened on the Piazza Grande, the 8,000 seat open-air theater. The festival held a comprehensive retrospective devoted to the work of director Sam Peckinpah.
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2015 — North Korea moves its clocks back half an hour
North Korea introduced Pyongyang Time at UTC+8:30, moving its clocks back from UTC+9. The country returned to UTC+9 in 2018.
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2017 — 2017 Jordanian local elections
On 15 August 2017, Jordan held local elections for three levels of government: mayoralties, municipal and local councils, and governorate councils. While the municipal and local councils have been elected consistently since 1925, the governorate council elections are the first of their kind in Jordan, with the councils established by a new 2014 decentralization law.
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2017 — 2017 Egypt Cup final
The 2017 Egypt Cup final was the 85th final of the Egypt Cup, Africa's oldest football cup competition. It was played on 15 August 2017 at Borg El Arab Stadium in Alexandria and was contested between Al Ahly and Al Masry. The winners would have entered the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup had they not already qualified.
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2017 — 2017 Suruga Bank Championship
The 2017 Suruga Bank Championship (Japanese: スルガ銀行チャンピオンシップ2017; Spanish: Copa Suruga Bank 2017) was the tenth edition of the Suruga Bank Championship (also referred to as the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship Final), the club football match co-organized by the Japan Football Association, the football governing body of Japan, CONMEBOL, the football governing body of South America, and J.League, the professional football league of Japan, between the champions of the previous season's J.League Cup and Copa Sudamericana. The match was contested between Japanese team Urawa Red Diamonds, the 2016 J.League Cup champions, and Brazilian team Chapecoense, the 2016 Copa Sudamericana champions. It was hosted by Urawa Red Diamonds at the Saitama Stadium 2002 in Saitama, Japan on 15 August 2017.
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2017 — Widespread power outages hit Taiwan
On August 15, 2017, an interruption to the gas supply at the Datan power plant triggered widespread power outages across Taiwan.
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2018 — 2018 UEFA Super Cup
The 2018 UEFA Super Cup was the 43rd edition of the UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match featured two Spanish sides, two-time defending champions Real Madrid, the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, and Atlético Madrid, the winners of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League, setting up a Madrid derby, making it another time 2 teams from the same country faced each other, and the first time 2 teams from the same city clashed. It was played at the Lilleküla Stadium in Tallinn, Estonia, on 15 August 2018, and was the first European club final held in Estonia.
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2018 — Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2018)
The August 15, 2018, Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar were two airstrikes on İsmail Özden, a leading member of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ). Four others were killed in the airstrike.
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2020 — 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election
The 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election was held on 15 August 2020 following a successful recall attempt. The registered candidates were Chen Chi-mai representing the Democratic Progressive Party, Li Mei-jhen representing the Kuomintang, and Wu Yi-jheng representing the Taiwan People's Party. Chen Chi-mai won the by-election by a landslide margin with slightly over 70 percent of the votes. He replaced acting mayor Yang Ming-jou on 24 August 2020.
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2020 — UFC 252
UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier 3 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on August 15, 2020, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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2020 — Russia announces the first batch of its Sputnik V vaccine
On August 15, 2020, Russia’s health ministry announced that the first batch of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine had been produced. The vaccine was developed by the Gamaleya Research Institute.
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2020 — Locarno 2020 Film Festival
The Locarno 2020 – For the Future of Films was held in place of the 73rd Locarno Film Festival from 5 to 15 August 2020 in Locarno, Switzerland and online. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 73rd festival was canceled and in its place was a hybrid of in-person and virtual screenings. No traditional Golden Leopard was awarded.
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2021 — Fall of Kabul (2021)
On 15 August 2021, Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul was captured by the Taliban after a major insurgent offensive that began in May 2021. It was the final action of the War in Afghanistan, and marked a total victory for the Taliban. This led to the overthrowing of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan under President Ashraf Ghani and the reinstatement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban.
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2021 — 2021 Taliban offensive
The Taliban insurgent group and allied militants conducted a military offensive in 2021 that led to the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the end of the nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan that had begun following the United States invasion of the country. The Taliban victory had widespread domestic and international ramifications regarding human rights and proliferation of terrorism.
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2023 — 2023 Koutougou attack
On August 15, 2023, jihadists from Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) ambushed Nigerien soldiers near Koutougou, a village on the border between Niger and Mali. The ambush killed at least seventeen Nigerien soldiers, and was the first major attack by a jihadist group on Nigerien forces since the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état.
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2023 — 2023 Tripoli clashes
In August 2023, clashes broke out in Tripoli, Libya, between the Special Deterrence Force (RADA) and the 444th Combat Brigade, two of the strongest military forces in the city. Both had supported the provisional Government of National Unity during the 2022 Tripoli clashes. Fighting erupted on 14 August when RADA fighters detained 444th Brigade commander Mahmoud Hamza and lasted until 15 August, which forced the city's main airport to close.
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Libya · War & conflict · Checked 2026-10-18
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2025 — PFL 9 (2025)
The PFL 9 mixed martial arts event for the 2025 season of the Professional Fighters League was held on August 15, 2025, at Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. This event marked the finals of the single-elimination tournament format in the Lightweight, Bantamweight and Women's Flyweight divisions.
North Carolina, United States · Sport · Checked 2026-09-23
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2025 — TNA Emergence (2025)
The 2025 Emergence was a professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. It took place on August 15, 2025, at Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena in Baltimore, Maryland, and will air on TNA+. It was the sixth event under the Emergence chronology. Wrestlers from WWE's NXT brand, with which TNA has a partnership, also appeared at the event.
Maryland, United States · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-24
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2025 — 2025 Russia–United States summit
The 2025 Russia–United States Summit (also known as the Trump–Putin Summit in Alaska) was a summit meeting between United States president Donald Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin. It was held on August 15, 2025, at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. The main topic of discussion was the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.
Location not yet verified · Politics & society · Checked 2026-10-18
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2025 — 31st Sarajevo Film Festival
The 31st Sarajevo Film Festival took place between 15 and 22 August 2025 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Black comedy film The Pavilion, by Bosnian filmmaker Dino Mustafić, opened the festival. A total of 227 films from 65 countries were shown in 22 festival programmes, out of which 50 films competed for the Heart of Sarajevo awards across four competition categories: feature, documentary, short, and student films.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-10-18
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