History for August 15

History for August 15 - On-This-Day.com
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769, Sir Walter Scott 1771, T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") 1888


Julia Child 1912, Ben Affleck 1972, Jennifer Lawrence 1990 - Actress (TV: "The Bill Engvall Show," Movies: the "Hunger Games" series)
 

1057 - Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan.


1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett.


1877 - Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone.


1911 - The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company.


1914 - The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal was the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon.


1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.