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August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year.
On this day:
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
1814 – War of 1812: British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege of Fort Erie.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
2015 – North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.
2021 – Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
2025 – Donald Trump sells out Ukraine and delivers the State of Alaska to Russian war criminal Vladimir Putin on orders from Moscow.
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August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year.
On this day:
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
1814 – War of 1812: British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege of Fort Erie.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
2015 – North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.
2021 – Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
2025 – Donald Trump sells out Ukraine and delivers the State of Alaska to Russian war criminal Vladimir Putin on orders from Moscow.
#History #OnThisDay #Alaska #Ukraine #USPoiitics #AlaskaSummit