It happened today
1635 was a busy year for New England settlers, with many arriving from their homeland. What the ancestors of modern Americans did not yet know was that in those parts, by the end of summer, the season of tropical cyclones begins, which will one day be called hurricanes (from huracanMayan storm deity). On August 15, a very strong storm hit the coast of modern Massachusetts. European settlers were not used to such violent events and some interpreted it as a sign of the coming Apocalypse. The “Great Colonial Hurricane” claimed the lives of about 700 people. On the other side of the world, on the Pacific coast of Asia, tropical cyclones are called typhoons. And sometimes they were interpreted as saving events. August 15, 1281 a huge fleet Kublai Khan she was at anchor in Hakata Bay, ready to invade Japan. But by providence, a storm came to the aid of the rising sun. The Japanese called it “divine wind”, Kamikaze. (Luigi Gaetani)
born of the day
Napoleon Bonaparte, August 15, 1769, French general and politician.
Walter Scott, 15 August 1771, Scottish writer, poet and novelist
Antonio Stoppani, August 15, 1824, geologist, paleontologist and patriot
Ethel Barrymore, August 15, 1879, American actress
Cesare Terranova, 15 August 1921, politician and judge
Raoul Casadey, born August 15, 1937, musician and composer
Barbara Boucher, August 15, 1943, actress and former dancer
Gianfranco Ferre, 15 August 1944, stylist
Fabio Canino, August 15, 1963, actor, broadcaster, radio and TV presenter
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican film director and producer.
Ben Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Igor Kassina, 15 August 1977, artistic gymnastics coach and former gymnast
Jennifer Lawrence, August 15, 1990, American actress.
dead day
Giuseppe Parini, 15 August 1799, poet and abbot
Grazia Deledda, August 15, 1936, writer
René Magritte, August 15, 1967, Belgian artist.
Gianfranco D’Angelo, 15 August 2021, actor, comedian and stand-up comedian
Saint of the day
Saint Tarcisius, Christian. Once, at a young age, he offered to bring consecrated Bread to the prisoners and the sick, but on the way he was attacked by a group of pagans who tried to steal the Eucharist from him. He pressed her even tighter to his chest, and the attackers killed him.