Today in History
15 August
227 births · 109 deaths · 99 events recorded
Notable Births
All 227 ›
Juanlu Sánchez
b. 2003
Spanish footballer (born 2003)
Paola Reis
b. 1999
Brazilian BMX rider (born 1999)
Chief Keef
b. 1995
American rapper (born 1995)
Setyana Mapasa
b. 1995
Indonesian-Australian badminton player (born 1995)
Nipsey Hussle
b. 1985
American rapper (1985–2019)
Jennifer Alexander
b. 1972
Canadian ballerina (1972–2007)
Melinda French Gates
b. 1964
American philanthropist (born 1964)
Leonard Baskin
b. 1922
American artist (1922–2000)
Notable Deaths
All 109 ›
Peter Marshall (entertainer)
d. 2024
American game show host, performer, singer (1926–2024)
Gerd Müller
d. 2021
German footballer (1945–2021)
Robert Trump
d. 2020
American businessman (1948–2020)
Gunnar Birkerts
d. 2017
American architect
Julian Bond
d. 2015
American politician and activist (1940–2015)
Hamid Gul
d. 2015
Pakistani director of Intelligence (1936–2015)
Licia Albanese
d. 2014
Italian-born American operatic soprano (1909–2014)
Rosalía Mera
d. 2013
Spanish businesswoman (1944–2013)
On This Day in History
All 99 ›
2025
US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such summit since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Donald Trump
2021
Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
Kabul
2020
Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine
2015
North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.
North Korea
2013
At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
August 2013 Beirut bombing
2013
The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
Smithsonian Institution
2007
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
2007 Peru earthquake
2005
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip