Things get started on 15th august


  1. 1537 Asunción, Paraguay, is founded.
  2. 1540 Arequipa, Peru, is founded.
  3. 1931 Spakenburg soccer team forms
  4. 1940 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazis)
  5. 1946 Dumont TV Network (WABD NY) is launched in the US
  6. 1947 India gains independence from Great Britain, remains a dominion until 1950/
  7. 1947 India becomes a sovereign and democratic nation, independent from the United Kingdom.
  8. 1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium/.
  9. 1950 Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
  10. 1954 WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins.
  11. 1955 WXEX TV channel 8 in Richmond-Petersburg, VA (ABC) begins.
  12. 1968 Pirate Radio Free London begins transmitting
  13. 1968 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
  14. 1970 Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
  15. 1971 Bahrain gains independence from Britain
  16. 1988 "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 176 performances
  17. 1989 Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
  18. 1995 Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA.
  19. 1988 "Ain't Misbehavin'" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 176 performances
  20. 1989 Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69)
  21. 1995 Keylee Sue Sanders, 18, of Kansas, crowned 13th Miss Teen USA.
  22. 2009 12th Athletics World Championships open at Berlin, Germany.
  23. 2010 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Whistling Straits GC: Martin Kaymer of Germany wins his first major title by 1 stroke in 3-hole aggregate playoff with Bubba Watson.
  24. 2015 North Korea creates its own time zone -moving its clocks back half an hour to GMT+8.5
  25. 2016 Anita WÅ‚odarczyk of Poland sets a world record 82.29m to win the women's hammer throw gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; Zhang Wenxiu (China) silver, and Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) bronze.
  26. 2015 North Korea creates its own time zone -moving its clocks back half an hour to GMT+8.5

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