Historical Events on August 15

Victory over Japan Day — day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II

partition of India — 1947 Partition of British India

partition of Bengal — partition of Bengal into West and East Bengal in 1947

Nixon Shock — 1971 decoupling of the US dollar from gold

1971 Austrian Grand Prix — motor car race

Wow! signal — 1977 narrowband radio signal from SETI

1993 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1993

1999 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1999

2004 Hungarian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 2004

2007 Peru earthquake — Earthquake in Peru in August 2007

Fall of Kabul — Taliban capture of the capital of Afghanistan in 2021