What are the important events that happened on August 15? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 15: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 15 is the 227th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 2, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,755,216,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaicosaheptagon’ day.
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Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 186 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,620 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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August 15 Historical Events
- 293 BC –The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is dedicated.
- 778 –The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
- 982 –Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
- 1599 –Nine Years War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
- 1760 –Seven Years’ War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great’s victory over the Austrians under Ernst von Laudon.
- 1863 –The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
- 1962 –James Joseph Dresnok defects to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea after running across the Korean DMZ. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang.
- 1969 –The Woodstock Music and Art Festival opens.
- 1973 –Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
- 1977 –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.
Who were born on August 15?
- 1900 –Estelle Brody, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1914 –Paul Rand, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
- 1927 –Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer (d. 2011)
- 1928 –Nicolas Roeg, English film director
- 1948 –Uschi Digard, American pornographic actress and model
- 1951 –Bobby Caldwell, American singer and musician
- 1973 –Adam Willard, American musician (The Offspring)
- 1974 –Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
- 1977 –Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1978 –Kerri Walsh, American beach volleyball player
Who died on August 15?
- 1057 –Macbeth, King of Scotland
- 1925 –Konrad Mägi, Estonian artist (b. 1878)
- 1935 –Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
- 1945 –Korechika Anami, Japanese War Minister (b. 1887)
- 1962 –Lei Feng, Chinese revolutionary (b. 1940)
- 1967 –René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
- 1982 –Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903)
- 2003 –Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (b. 1957)
- 2004 –Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (b. 1910)
- 2008 –Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955)
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