On This Day: Sunday, August 15, 2004

This is the 228th day of the year, with 138 days remaining in 2004.

Holidays
Feast day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, St Tarsicius, and St Arnulf of Soissons.
Congo: National Day.
India: Independence Day.
Liechtenstein: National Day.
South Korea: Liberation Day.
Hawaii: Floating Lantern Ceremony / Toro Nagashi.
Vatican City: Assumption Day.
Equatorial Guinea: Constitution Day.
Panama: Panama City Foundation Day.

Events
1057 - King Macbeth of Scotland was slain by Malcolm Canmore, whose father, King Duncan I, was murdered by Macbeth 17 years earlier.
1790 - Reverend John Carroll became the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
1865 - Sir Joseph Lister discovered the antiseptic process.
1911 - Procter & Gamble Company of Cincinnati, OH introduced Crisco hydrogenated shortening.
1914 - The American-built Panama Canal was inaugurated with the passage of the US vessel Ancon, a cargo and passenger ship. About 6000 workers died during its construction.
1944 - Allied forces landed in southern France during World War II.
1947 - India and Pakistan became independent after some 200 years of British rule.
1948 - The Republic of Korea was proclaimed.
1948 - The republic of South Korea was proclaimed.
1969 - The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York; over 400,000 attended.
1994 - Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal," was jailed in France after being captured in Sudan.

Births
1769 - Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France.
1771 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish novelist.
1879 - Ethel Barrymore (Ethel Mae Blythe), "first lady" of the American theatre.
1888 - T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), English soldier and writer.
1912 - Julia Child (McWilliams), chef, author.
1925 - Rose Marie (Curley), comedienne, actress.