The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. Date: August 15, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game. Date: August 15, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom. Date: August 15, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. Date: August 15, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends. Date: August 15, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung Hee. Date: August 15, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II. Date: August 15, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. Date: August 15, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
SAETA Flight 011 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002. Date: August 15, 1976 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1976 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. Date: August 15, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August…