15TH
AUGUST
FEAST DAY OF
"THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN MARY;
ST TARSICIUS; & ST ARNULF OF SOISSONS." |
| 15TH |
1057 |
"MACBETH," "KING OF SCOTLAND," IS SLAIN
BY THE SON OF "KING DUNCAN." |
| 15TH |
1620 |
THE ‘MAYFLOWER’ SETS
SAIL FROM SOUTHAMPTON WITH 102 PILGRIMS. |
| 15TH |
1834 |
BARQUE CHARLES EATON IS WRECKED ON THE BARRIER REEF.
FOUR MEN MAKE THEIR WAY TO AMBOINA IN A BOAT. THE SHIP’S BOY’S
"JOHN IRELAND" & A PASSENGER’S 2 YEAR OLD CHILD, "WILLIAM
D’OYLEY" ARE KEPT BY THE NATIVES; 27 OTHERS ARE MURDERED BY THE NATIVES. |
| 15TH |
1834 |
THE SOUTH AUSTRALIA ACT IS PASSED BY
BRITAIN’S PARLIAMENT ALLOWING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COLONY THERE. |
| 15TH |
1848 |
"M. WALDO HATCHETT" OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, PATENTS
THE DENTIST CHAIR. |
| 15TH |
1903 |
THE FIRST AUSTRALIA VERSUS NEW ZEALAND
RUGBY UNION TEST MATCH WAS PLAYED. NEW ZEALAND WON 22-3. |
| 15TH |
1907 |
MEMBERS OF AUSTRALIAS FEDERAL PARLIAMENT, GRANT THEMSELVES A
50% PAY INCREASE. |
| 15TH |
1918 |
THE FIRST FULL LENGTH CARTOON,
"THE SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA," PREMIERS. |
| 15TH |
1935 |
AVIATOR, "WILEY POST," & ACTOR, "WILL
ROGERS" ARE KILLED IN A PLANE CRASH IN ALASKA. |
| 15TH |
1950 |
AN EARTHQUAKE REGISTERING 8.6 ON THE
RICHTER SCALE KILLS MORE THAN 1,000 IN ASSAM, INDIA. |
| 15TH |
1952 |
9" OF RAINFALL CREATES A 20’ WAVE IN LYNMOUTH,
ENGLAND, KILLING 34. |
| 15TH |
1965 |
THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS CALLED IN TO
QUELL RACE RIOTS IN WATTS, LOS ANGELES, WHICH LEFT 28 DEAD & 676 INJURED. |
| 15TH |
1969 |
THE WOODSTOCK MUSIC & ARTS FAIR BEGAN ON A DAIRY FARM IN
UPSTATE NEW YORK. IT LASTED THREE DAYS, 400,000 ATTENDED, 2 CHILDREN WERE BORN &
3 PEOPLE DIED. |
| 15TH |
1974 |
‘YOOK YOUNG SOO,’ THE WIFE OF
PRESIDENT, ‘PARK CHUNG HEE,’ OF SOUTH KOREA DIES OF BULLET WOUNDS IN AN
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON HER HUSBAND. |
| 15TH |
1981 |
"ROBIN LEAMY" OF THE U.S. SWIMS 50m AT A RECORD
7.98kph. |
| 15TH |
1985 |
OPAL WAS ADOPTED AS THE GEMSTONE EMBLEM
OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 15TH |
1987 |
CANING WAS OFFICIALLY BANNED IN BRITISH SCHOOLS; EXCLUDING
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS. |
| 15TH |
1991 |
750,000 ATTEND "PAUL
SIMON’S" FREE CONCERT IN CENTRAL PARK. |
| 15TH |
1994 |
NEWS RADIO, THE ABC’S 24 HOUR NEWS SERVICE BEGINS
OPERATING. |
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