CiteOn This Day: August 15th
This is 227th day of the year and 138 days remain in the year.
- Hebrew calendar—4 Elul 5778
- Chinese calendar—the 5th day of the 7th month of 4716 (Wu Xu)
- Islamic calendar—(note)
in history
1911
Proctor & Gamble Company introduced Crisco vegetable shortening.
1935
Aviator Wiley Post and actor Will Rogers were killed in a plane crash.
1939
The Wizard of Oz premiered in Hollywood.
1948
South Korea became the Republic of Korea.
1998
A car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killed 29 people. It was 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.
August 15 BirthdaysNapoleon I1769–1821, emperor of the French, born in Ajaccio, Corsica, known as “the Little Corporal.”
Walter Scottwriter
T. E. Lawrenceadventurer
Julia Childchef
Edna Ferberauthor
Ethel Barrymoreactress
Walter Scottwriter
T. E. Lawrenceadventurer
Julia Childchef
Edna Ferberauthor
Ethel Barrymoreactress
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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.