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August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining.

1517 - First European connection with China - seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernao Pires de Andrade met Chinese officials at Pearl River estuary.
1519 - Panama City, Panama founded
1535 - Asuncion, Paraguay founded
1620 - Mayflower sets sail from Southampton, England
1877 - Thomas Edison makes the first-ever recording - "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
1914 - Panama Canal opens to traffic
1944 - Allied forces land in southern France (Operation Anvil)
1945 - Korea is liberated after Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II
1947 - India and Pakistan become independent of Britain
1948 - Republic of Korea established south of 38th Parallel
1960 - Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) declares its independence from France
1967 - UK introduces legislation to outlaw offshore pirate radio stations. All except Radio Caroline comply.
1969 - First day of Woodstock Music and Art Festival
1971 - President Richard Nixon ends convertibility of U.S. dollar into gold
1973 - The United States bombing of Cambodia ends
1975 - Military coup in Bangladesh
1994 - Illich Ramirez Sanchez, the terrorist known as "Carlos", is captured
1998 - Omagh bomb in Northern Ireland, becoming the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles

Catholicism - Feast day of assumption of Virgin Mary, holy day in Spain and Italy.
Italy - "Ferragosto"
Korea - Liberation Day
India - Independence Day
Croatia - Assumption
Ancient Latvia - Maras

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	'''August 15''' is the 227th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (228th in [[leap year]]s), with 138 days remaining.		'''August 15''' is the 227th day of the year in the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (228th in [[leap year]]s), with 138 days remaining.