The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Εemdinli and Eruh. Date: August 15, 1984 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1984 π On This Day…
Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement. Date: August 15, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1985 π On This Day (Today)
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, killing 34 of the 40 people on board. Date: August 15, 1989 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1989 π On This Day (Today)
Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II. Date: August 15, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1995 π On This Day (Today)
In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later). Date: August 15, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1995 π On This Day (Today)
Apple introduces the iMac computer. Date: August 15, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1998 π On This Day (Today)
Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured. Date: August 15, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1998 π On This Day (Today)
Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco. Date: August 15, 1999 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 1999 π On This Day (Today)
The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting. Date: August 15, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 2005 π On This Day (Today)
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins. Date: August 15, 2005 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 15 π Events on this day in 2005 π On This Day (Today)