August 15
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1995
In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
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Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
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Apple introduces the iMac computer.
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Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
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Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
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The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia is signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
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An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru, killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
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The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
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North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 81⁄2 hours ahead of UTC.
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Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine.
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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.
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US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such summit since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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2003Juanlu Sánchez, Spanish footballer
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1999Paola Reis, BMX rider
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1995Chief Keef, American rapper
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1995Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player
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1994Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
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1994Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
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1993Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
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1993Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
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1992Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
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1992Matthew Judon, American football player
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1990Jennifer Lawrence, American actress and producer
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1989Joe Jonas, American singer, songwriter, and actor
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