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What happened in history on this day: August 15?
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Births on August 15
- 1909 - Birth of Hugo Winterhalter in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA; arranger (Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, RaymondScott, Claude Thornhill, Dinah Shore, Billy Eckstein, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Ames Brothers), musical director at MGM Records (1948-50), RCA Victor (1950-), orchestra leader ("Blue Tango", "Vanessa", "The Little Shoemaker", "Canadian Sunset").
- 1941 - Birth of Don Rich in Olympia, Washington, USA; guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw).
- 1942 - Birth of Pete York; drummer (The Spencer Davis Group).
- 1946 - Birth of Jimmy Webb in Elk City, Oklahoma, USA; songwriter ("MacArthur Park", "Up Up and Away").
- 1947 - Birth of Gerald Velez in the Congas; musician (Spyro Gyra - "Morning Dance").
- 1948 - Birth of Tom Johnston; singer-guitarist (The Doobie Brothers).
- 1960 - Birth of Tommy Aldridge; heavy metal rocker (Ozzy - "Diary of a Mad Man").
- 1961 - Birth of Matt Johnson; rocker (The The - "Infected Soul Mining").
- 1964 - Birth of MCA (Adam Yauch); rocker (The Beastie Boys - "You Gotta Fight").
- 1989 - Birth of Joe Jonas; American singer/songwriter (The Jonas Brothers).
Deaths on August 15
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