Here are the important events in history that happened on this day, Aug 15:
1057: In events later used by William Shakespeare in one of his greatest tragedies, the Scottish king Macbeth is killed by Malcolm Canmore, the son of King Duncan I, whom Macbeth had murdered 17 years before.
1534: Saint Ignatius of Loyola founds the Jesuits, a Roman Catholic order of men, in Paris, France.
1769: Birth of Napoleon Bonaparte
1939: The film version of The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, has its premiere in Hollywood, California.
1947: Indian independence from Britain is proclaimed, with the former colony partitioned into the two nations of India and Pakistan.
1969: On the opening day of the Woodstock Arts and Music Fair in upstate New York, promoters overwhelmed by the hundreds of thousands in attendance decide to waive admission fees.
2001: Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own.
2004: Calculus started blogging
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