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What happened in history on this day: August 15?
On August 15 in ...
- 1918 - Jewell Productions releases The Sinking of the Lusitania animated film in the USA, first full-length feature cartoon. Winsor McCoy created the film in 22 months using 25,000 drawings.
- 1980 - Universal releases the film Smokey and the Bandit II to theaters.
Births on August 15
- 1879 - Birth of Ethel Barrymore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Constant Wife, Corn is Green).
- 1904 - Birth of Bill Baird in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA: puppeteer (Kukla Fran and Ollie, The Muppet Show).
- 1912 - Birth of Julia Child in Pasadena, California, USA; chef (French Chef).
- 1912 - Birth of Wendy Hiller; actress (Major Barbara, David Copperfield).
- 1915 - Birth of Signe Hasso; actress (Double Life).
- 1920 - Birth of Huntz Hall; actor (Cyclone, Gas Pump Girls, The Rating Game).
- 1923 - Birth of Rose Marie in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Sally Rogers - Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1925 - Birth of Mike Connors in Fresno, California, USA; actor (Joe Mannix - Mannix, Night Kill).
- 1926 - Birth of Georgiann Johnson in Decorah, Iowa, USA; actress (Marge - Mr Peepers).
- 1931 - Birth of Janice Rule in Norwood, Ohio, USA; actress (Alvarez Kelly, Doctor's Wife).
- 1933 - Birth of Lori Nelson in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; actress (Greta - How to Marry a Millionaire).
- 1935 - Birth of Abby Dalton in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; actress (Joey Bishop Show).
- 1936 - Birth of Pat Priest; actress (The Munsters).
- 1941 - Birth of Don Rich in Olympia, Washington, USA; guitarist/country singer (Hee Haw).
- 1943 - Birth of Barbara Bouchet in Reichenberg, Czecheslovakia; actress (Casino Royale).
- 1944 - Birth of Linda Ellerbee in Bryan, Texas, USA; author, newscaster (NBC News Overnight, Our World, Nick News).
- 1949 - Birth of Ann Ryerson in Wisconsin, USA; actress (Private Carol Winter - Private Benjamin).
- 1950 - Birth of Tess Harper; actress (Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies, Breaking Bad, Early Edition, Christy).
- 1955 - Birth of Larry Mathews in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Ritchie - Dick Van Dyke Show).
- 1957 - Birth of Zeljko Ivanek in Yugoslavia; actor (Mass Appeal, Heroes, Damages, Homicide).
- 1958 - Birth of Rondell Sheridan; actor (That's So Raven, Cory in the House).
- 1964 - Birth of Debi Mazar; actress (Entourage, That's Life, L.A. Law, Civil Wars).
- 1967 - Birth of Peter Hermann; actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit).
- 1968 - Birth of Debra Messing; actress (Will and Grace).
- 1970 - Birth of Anthony Anderson; actor (Law and Order, The Shield).
- 1972 - Birth of Ben Affleck; actor (Against the Grain, Project Greenlight).
- 1974 - Birth of Natasha Henstridge in Newfoundland, Canada; actress (Eli Stone, Commander-in-Chief).
Deaths on August 15
- 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.
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