Today in History, English
Today in History, English


IDTimeCategoryEvent
92401August 15Birth1876 – Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
92402August 15Birth1877 – Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
92403August 15Birth1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
92404August 15Birth1881 – Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (d. 1956)
92405August 15Birth1882 – Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (d. 1955)
92406August 15Birth1882 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)
92407August 15Birth1883 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the The Bowman and The Spearman and Monument to the Unknown Hero (d. 1962)
92408August 15Birth1885 – Edna Ferber, American author and playwright (d. 1968)
92409August 15Birth1886 – Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
92410August 15Birth1890 – Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian (d. 2006)
92411August 15Birth1890 – Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (d. 1962)
92412August 15Birth1892 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
92413August 15Birth1893 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)
92414August 15Birth1896 – Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
92415August 15Birth1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)
92416August 15Birth1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (d. 1958)
92417August 15Birth1898 – Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (d. 1966)
92418August 15Birth1900 – Estelle Brody, American-Maltese actress (d. 1995)
92419August 15Birth1900 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)
92420August 15Birth1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
92421August 15Birth1902 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
92422August 15Birth1904 – George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the Motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
92423August 15Birth1905 – Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948)
92424August 15Birth1909 – Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
92425August 15Birth1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
92426August 15Birth1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
92427August 15Birth1912 – Amir Khan, Indian singer (d. 1974)
92428August 15Birth1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
92429August 15Birth1915 – Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)
92430August 15Birth1916 – Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)

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