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August 15th, 2007 | Event | An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090. |
August 15th, 2007 | Death | John Gofman, American Manhattan Project scientist and advocate (born in 1918) |
August 15th, 2007 | Death | Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand bush walker (born in 1908) |
August 15th, 2006 | Death | Te Atairangi Kaahu, Maori queen (born in 1931) |
August 15th, 2004 | Death | Semiha Berksoy, first Turkish opera singer (born in 1910) |
August 15th, 2004 | Death | Sune Bergstrom, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1916) |
August 15th, 2004 | Death | Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (born in 1941) |
August 15th, 2003 | Death | Gosta Sundqvist, Finnish songwriter and singer (heart attack) (born in 1957) |
August 15th, 2001 | Death | Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (born in 1972) |
August 15th, 1999 | Event | Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco. |
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