15th of August 2026
15th of August 2026 is the 227th day of the year.
It is Assumption Day...more.
This day in history:
1057: Macbeth Killed at Lumphanan - ...more
1645: Battle of Kilsyth - ...more
1941: Last Execution in The Tower - ...more
1952: Lynmouth Floods Kill 34 - ...more
1965: Beatles Create Stadium Rock at Shea Stadium - ...more
1969: Woodstock Begins - ...more
1992: Inaugural Premier League Games - ...more
More dates from British history.
British quote for the day:
There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him. - T S Eliot.
Born today:
Alexander Runciman - 1736, Walter Scott - 1771, Keir Hardie - 1856, Edith Nesbit - 1858, Wendy Hiller - 1912, Jim Dale - 1935, Tony Robinson - 1946, William Waldegrave - 1946, Princess Anne - 1950, Jack Russell - 1963, Tracy-Ann Oberman - 1969.
Died today:
R S Hawker - 1875, John Kerr - 1907.
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