What Happened on this Date in history – August 15th
1057 – King Macbeth of Scotland killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by King Duncan’s son
1620 – Mayflower set sail with 102 Pilgrams
1789 – Colonel Francis Marion, the ‘Swamp Fox” routs British loyalists
1979 – “Apocalypse Now” released in theaters
1914 – Panama Canal opened
1935 – Wiley Post and Will Rogers are killed in plane crash in Alaska
1939 — “Wizard of Oz” premiers
1945 – Japan surrenders
1947 – India and Pakistan win independence
1961 – Berlin Wall is built
1965 – Beatles Shea Stadium concert
1969 – Woodstock Festival opens in Bethel, NY