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Day Of The Week: August 15
August 15, 2025 is the 227th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Friday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Leo is your zodiac sign. Peridot is your modern birthstone. Diamond is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: August 15
- 1040 –King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
- 1057 –King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
- 1430 –Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
- 1461 –The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmet II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
- 1519 –Panama City, Panama, is founded.
- 1843 –Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
- 1914 –A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect’s Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
- 1914 –The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
- 1935 –Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
- 1960 –Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
Who were born on August 15?
- 1785 –Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859)
- 1881 –Alfred Wagenknecht, German-born American activist (d. 1956)
- 1896 –Catherine Doherty, Russian-born Canadian activist (d. 1985)
- 1919 –Dina Wadia, only child of Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah and his wife Rattanbai Petit
- 1925 –Bill Pinkney, American baritone singer (d. 2007)
- 1948 –George Ryton, British engineer
- 1948 –Patsy Gallant, Canadian pop singer
- 1963 –Valery Levaneuski, entrepreneur, politician, former political prisoner
- 1973 –Adam Willard, American musician (The Offspring)
- 1977 –Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast
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