15 August
Notable Births
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)
Lasse Vigen Christensen
b. 1994
Danish footballer (born 1994)
Kosuke Hagino
b. 1994
Japanese swimmer (born 1994)
Clinton N'Jie
b. 1993
Cameroonian footballer (born 1993)
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
b. 1993
English footballer (born 1993)
Adhiban Baskaran
b. 1992
Indian chess grandmaster (born 1992)
Matthew Judon
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Jennifer Lawrence
b. 1990
American actress and producer (born 1990)
Joe Jonas
b. 1989
American singer and actor (born 1989)
Ryan McGowan
b. 1989
Australian association football player
Carlos PenaVega
b. 1989
American actor & singer (born 1989)
Jordan Rapana
b. 1989
New Zealand, Maori, and Cook Islands international rugby league footballer
Oussama Assaidi
b. 1988
Moroccan footballer (born 1988)
Boban Marjanović
b. 1988
Serbian basketball player (born 1988)
Michel Kreder
b. 1987
Dutch road cyclist
Nipsey Hussle
b. 1985
American rapper (1985–2019)
Jarrod Dyson
b. 1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Notable Deaths
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)
Sławomir Mrożek
d. 2013
Polish playwright (1930–2013)
Marich Man Singh Shrestha
d. 2013
Former Prime Minister of Nepal
Bob Birch
d. 2012
American musician (1956–2012)
Harry Harrison (writer)
d. 2012
American science fiction author (1925–2012)
Rick Rypien
d. 2011
Canadian ice hockey player (1984–2011)
Mary Catherine Lamb
d. 2009
American artist (1949–2009)
Vic Toweel
d. 2008
South African boxer
Jerry Wexler
d. 2008
American music producer, journalist (1917–2008)
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
d. 2007
Musical artist
John Gofman
d. 2007
American scientist
Sam Pollock
d. 2007
Canadian sports executive (1925–2007)
Te Atairangikaahu
d. 2006
Māori Queen from 1966 to 2006
On This Day in History
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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
2005
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
Free Aceh Movement
1999
Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
Béni Ounif
1998
Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
Northern Ireland
1998
Apple introduces the iMac computer.
Apple Inc.
1995
In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
South Carolina
1995
Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II.
Tomiichi Murayama
1989
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, killing 34 of the 40 people on board.
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510
1985
Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement.
Assam Accord
1984
The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh.
Kurdistan Workers' Party
1977
The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
Ohio State University Radio Observatory
1976
SAETA Flight 011 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002.
SAETA Flight 011 (1976)
1975
Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
Bangladeshis