On This Day
August 15th

1901 Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitrogelatin (and that ain't jello). 1945 Riot in San Francisco celebrating end of World War II. 1945 South Korea liberated from Japanese rule. 1960 the Congo (Brazzaville) gains it's independence.          Independence Day, celebrated in the Congo.          Liberation Day, celebrated in South Korea.

Birthdays

1769 Napoleon Bonaparte, First Emperor of the French (1804-1815) 1803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia. 1912 Julia Child, chef.