August 15
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[change] Events
- 1945 - Japan surrenders, ending World War II
- 1947 - Pakistan is Independent and includes formerly the East Bengal as a whole nation-state.
- 1947 - India become independent (separate) from the United Kingdom from the formal Transfer of Power as the Empire is Partitioned and adopts the name Bharat
[change] Births
- 1769 - Napoleon
- 1872 - Sri Aurobindo, Indian author and guru
- 1919 - Huntz Hall, American actor
- 1925 - Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist
- 1969 - Robertson Frizero Barros, Brazilian writer and poet
- 1983 - Luke McCormick