Today in History - History - August 15th

1979"Apocalypse Now", starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen, is released

1994South African President Nelson Mandela receives Anne Frank Penning

1914A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.

1914US Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, in a letter to J P Morgan, declares that loans to any of the belligerents go against US neutrality

1993Nolan Ryan, 324th & final victory, Rangers 4, Indians 1

1986President Reagan decides to support a replacement for Challenger

778Battle of Roncevaux Pass: Roland, commander of the rearguard of Charlemagne's army is defeated by the Basques

1950Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title

200587th PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson shoots a 276 at Baltusrol Golf Club

1990Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons

1925Oscar Peterson, Montreal Quebec, Canadian jazz pianist and composer

1972Ben Affleck, Berkeley California, actor (Armageddon, Pearl Harbor)

1954Stieg Larsson [Karl Stig-Erland Larsson], Skelleftehamn, Swedish author (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)

1990Jennifer Lawrence, Louisville, Kentucky, American actress (Winter's Bone, Silver Linings Playbook )

1769Napoleon Bonaparte, Corsica, resident of Elba (emperor of France 1804-13, 1814-15), (d. 1821)

1924Phyllis Schlafly, St Louis, right-winger/Eagle Forum president

2009Actor Joseph Fiennes (39) weds model María Dolores Diéguez in Tuscany, Italy

1958Singer Buddy Holly weds receptionist Maria Santiago

1057Macbeth, King of Scots, slain by son of King Duncan

1935Will Rogers, humorist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55