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Today in History: Monday, August\u00a0 15, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nAug. 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.
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1057<\/td>\nMacbeth, King of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, the eldest son of King Duncan, whom Macbeth had slain.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1769<\/td>\nNapoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935<\/td>\nHumorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska.<\/p>\n

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1939<\/td>\n“The Wizard of Oz” premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/td>\nAllied forces landed in southern France during World War II.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1945<\/td>\nThe Allies proclaimed V-J Day, one day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1947<\/td>\nIndia became independent after some 200 years of British rule.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nThe Republic of Korea (South Korea) was proclaimed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\nThe Republic of the Congo became independent of French rule.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1971<\/td>\nPresident Richard M. Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nA car bomb in Omagh, Northern Ireland, killed 29 people and injured 370; a splinter group calling itself the Real IRA claimed responsibility.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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2000<\/td>\nOne hundred people from North Korea arrived in South Korea for temporary reunions with relatives they had not seen for half a century; 100 South Koreans visited the North.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nAstronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own – two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nIsrael began withdrawing its forces from southern Lebanon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Highlights of This Day in History<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Ben Affleck turns 44 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Rose Marie<\/td>\nActress (“The Dick Van Dyke Show”)<\/td>\n93<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phyllis Schlafly<\/td>\nConservative activist<\/td>\n92<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike Connors<\/td>\nActor (“Mannix”)<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vernon Jordan<\/td>\nCivil rights activist<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jim Dale<\/td>\nActor, singer<\/td>\n81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pat Priest<\/td>\nActress (“The Munsters”)<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stephen Breyer<\/td>\nSupreme Court justice<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linda Ellerbee<\/td>\nAuthor, journalist<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jimmy Webb<\/td>\nSongwriter<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Princess Anne<\/td>\nMember of the British royal family<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tess Harper<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Larry Mathews<\/td>\nActor (“The Dick Van Dyke Show”)<\/td>\n61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zeljko Ivanek<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu<\/td>\nDirector (“Babel”)<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anthony Anderson<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natasha Henstridge<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n42<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Jonas<\/td>\nRock singer (The Jonas Brothers)<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Debra Messing (“Smash,” “Will and Grace”) turns 48 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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