History for August 15 - On-This-Day.com
Napoleon Bonaparte 1769, Edna Ferber 1887, Julia Child 1912
Phyllis Schlafly 1924, Mike Connors 1925, Stephen Breyer 1938
1877 - Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone.
1997 - The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute FBI officials in connection with the deadly 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho. The investigation dealt with an alleged cover-up.
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