History for August 15 - On-This-Day.com
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769, Julia Child 1912, Phyllis Schlafly 1924
Vernon Jordan 1935, Ben Affleck 1972, Jennifer Lawrence 1990 - Actress (TV: "The Bill Engvall Show," Movies: the "Hunger Games" series)
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.
1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
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