August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228 th in leap years) ... !!!

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From the thousands of significant events that happened on 15th of August ......

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1. 1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Mael Coluim mac Donnchada.

2. 1519 – Panama City, Panama, is founded.

3. 1824 – Freed American slaves found Liberia.

4. 1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France.

5. 1945 – World War II: Victory over Japan Day – Japan surrenders.

6. 1945 – World War II: Korean Liberation Day.

7. 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor General of Pakistan at Karachi.

8. 1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, in an event later seen as marking the birth of stadium rock.

9. 1973 – Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.

10. 1989 -- The birthday of Joe Jonas, American singer (Jonas Brothers)

11. 1981 -- The birth of four times olympic medalist Brendan Joseph Hansen ( American Swimmer )

12. 1998 Bill Clinton confesses to Hilary about the Monica Lewinsky affair

13. 1939 "Wizard of Oz" premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood

14. 1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule

15. 1971 President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents

16. 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination

17. 1977 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia

18. 1972 Mikey Graham, born in Dublin, Ireland, Irish singer ( Boyzone )

19. 1994 South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning

20. 1990 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 home runs in each of his 1st 4 seasons

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Check this links ...... too ...

http://www.brainyhistory.com/daysbirth/birth_august_15.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_15

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Hope this helps !!!
Source(s):
wikipedia

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Woodstock. That festival--whatever really happened there--has grown into one of the great pieces of Americana. It turned 40 on the 15th. It is one of the events that defines the 60's experience. Guess I'm late, but I think it's the best.
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