On this day: August 15
Events
Battle of Roncevaux PassAugust 15, AD 778 · Wars & Conflicts- Founding of Indian BankAugust 15, 1907 · Companies
air raids on JapanAugust 15, 1939 – August 15, 1945 · Wars & Conflicts
Dominion of IndiaAugust 15, 1947 – January 26, 1950 · World History
First Republic of South KoreaAugust 15, 1948 – June 15, 1960 · World History
Release of SholayAugust 15, 1975 · Film- Release of In Through the Out DoorAugust 15, 1979 · Music
- Release of The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th DimensionAugust 15, 1984 · Film
2007 Peru earthquakeAugust 15, 2007 · Geography
Fall of KabulAugust 15, 2021 · Wars & Conflicts
Born on this day
Ferdinand ColumbusAugust 15, 1488 – July 12, 1539 · Exploration
Francesco ZuccarelliAugust 15, 1702 – 1788 · Art
Conrad MoenchAugust 15, 1744 – January 6, 1805 · Science
Sylvain MaréchalAugust 15, 1750 – January 18, 1803 · Culture
Johann Nepomuk MaelzelAugust 15, 1772 – July 21, 1838 · Technology
Thomas De QuinceyAugust 15, 1785 – December 8, 1859 · Culture
John TorreyAugust 15, 1796 – March 1873 · Science
Jules GrévyAugust 15, 1807 – September 9, 1891 · Politics
Alexander KeyserlingAugust 15, 1815 – May 8, 1891 · Exploration
Walter CraneAugust 15, 1845 – March 14, 1915 · Art
Kolë IdromenoAugust 15, 1860 – December 12, 1939 · Art
Abram ArkhipovAugust 15, 1862 – September 25, 1930 · Art
Aleksey KrylovAugust 15, 1863 – October 26, 1945 · Science
Nagaoka HantarōAugust 15, 1865 – December 11, 1950 · Science
Anathon AallAugust 15, 1867 – January 9, 1943 · Culture
Aurobindo GhoshAugust 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950 · Culture
Samuel Coleridge-TaylorAugust 15, 1875 – September 1, 1912 · Music
Ivan MeštrovićAugust 15, 1883 – January 16, 1962 · Art
Karl KorschAugust 15, 1886 – October 21, 1961 · Culture
Jacques IbertAugust 15, 1890 – February 5, 1962 · Music
Louis de BroglieAugust 15, 1892 – March 19, 1987 · Science
Gerty CoriAugust 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957 · Science
Leon ThereminAugust 15, 1896 – November 3, 1993 · Technology
Lukas FossAugust 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009 · Music- Robert BoltAugust 15, 1924 – February 20, 1995 · Film
Oscar PetersonAugust 15, 1925 – December 23, 2007 · Music
Nicolas RoegAugust 15, 1928 – November 23, 2018 · Film
Petr ShelokhonovAugust 15, 1929 – September 1999 · Film
Richard F. HeckAugust 15, 1931 – October 9, 2015 · Science- Mikael TariverdievAugust 15, 1931 – July 25, 1996 · Music
Bobby HelmsAugust 15, 1933 – June 19, 1997 · Music
Régine DeforgesAugust 15, 1935 – April 3, 2014 · Film
Laura MulveyAugust 15, 1941 – present · Film- Gianfranco FerréAugust 15, 1944 – June 17, 2007 · Art
Jimmy WebbAugust 15, 1946 – present · Music
Sonny CarterAugust 15, 1947 – April 5, 1991 · Space
Rudolf KargusAugust 15, 1952 – present · Art
Scott AltmanAugust 15, 1959 – present · Space
Suhasini ManiratnamAugust 15, 1961 – present · Film
Alejandro González IñárrituAugust 15, 1963 – present · Film
Anthony AndersonAugust 15, 1970 – present · Music
Ben AffleckAugust 15, 1972 – present · Film
Giorgi UgulavaAugust 15, 1975 – present · Culture
Abiy AhmedAugust 15, 1976 – present · Politics
Joe JonasAugust 15, 1989 – present · Music
Jennifer LawrenceAugust 15, 1990 – present · Film
NyushaAugust 15, 1990 – present · Music