The August Complex fire in California burns more than one million acres of land. Date: August 16, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. Date: August 15, 1907 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1907 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I. Date: August 15, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia. Date: August 15, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon. Date: August 15, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there. Date: August 15, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production. Date: August 15, 1915 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅…
Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula. Date: August 15, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska. Date: August 15, 1935 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1935 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. Date: August 15, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today)