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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 15
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Phyllis Schlafly in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; right-winger/Eagle Forum president.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Robert Bolt; playwright (A Man for All Seasons, Dr Zhivago).
- 90th: 1934 - US ends occupation of Haiti (been there since 1915).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Linda Ellerbee in Bryan, Texas, USA; author, newscaster (NBC News Overnight, Our World, Nick News).
- 80th: 1944 - The Allies launch Operation Anvil, as a second Allied invasion force under Lieutenant-General Jacob Devers lands on the Mediterranean coast of France between Cannes and Toulon.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of MCA (Adam Yauch); rocker (The Beastie Boys - "You Gotta Fight").
- 60th: 1964 - Philadelphia Phillies triple-play New York Mets.
- 60th: 1964 - Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb), Illinois, USA.
- 60th: 1964 - Ralph Boston of the US sets long jump record at 27 feet 3.25 inches.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Debi Mazar; actress (Entourage, That's Life, L.A. Law, Civil Wars).
- 50th: 1974 - Longest team (six) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)).
- 50th: 1974 - South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Natasha Henstridge in Newfoundland, Canada; actress (Eli Stone, Commander-in-Chief).
- 25th: 1999 - The maiden voyage of the Disney Wonder cruise ship takes place.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1916).
- 20th: 2004 - Vijay Singh wins the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits.
- 15th: 2009 - Death of Virginia McGhee at age 90 in Corona, California; at age 4, as Virginia Davis, played the role of Alice in Walt Disney's Alice Comedies films in 1923.
- 5th: 2019 - The European Central Bank shuts down PNB Banka after ruling it had become insolvent; this bank, previously called Norvik Banka, was Latvia's sixth-largest lender.
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