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    15th August is a significant date in world history, as it marks the independence of several nations from colonial rule.
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    August 15 - Wikipedia

    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. 636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins.717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik … See more

    Pre-1600
    1013Teishi, empress of Japan (d. 1094)
    1171Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (d. 1230)
    1195Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. … See more

    August 15
    Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation.
    August 15, 1914
    The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
    August 15, 1945
    Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan.
    August 15, 1947
    India gains independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
    August 15, 1971
    President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
    August 15, 1975
    Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
    August 15, 1995
    In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
    August 15, 2015
    North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81/2 hours ahead of UTC.
    August 15, 2020
    Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
    August 15, 2021
    Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945)

    Pre-1600
    398Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Later Yan
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