August 15th, Scottish poet and writer Walter Scott born

1914-Panama Canal between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans opened to oceangoing vessels.

1945-Relations between the US and Russia cut in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution.

1945- Japan announces its unconditional surrender in World War II.

1947- Declaring the independence of India.

1960- Congo-Brazzaville achieves its independence from France.

1975- President of Bangladesh Mujibur Rahman assassinated as part of a military coup

2004- Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez wins a new presidential term.

Born Today:

1769- French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

1771- Walter Scott, Scottish poet and writer.

Passed Away:

1040- King Duncan I OF Scotland.

1936- Italian author Grazia Deledda.

Occasions:

Mother’s Day in Costa Rica.

R.J/ Mazen

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