Today, Aug. 15 in history
In 1970, the Woodstock music festival opens on a patch of farmland in White Lake, a hamlet in the upstate New York town of Bethel. Promoters John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield and Michael Lang originally envisioned the festival as a way to raise funds to build a recording studio and rock-and-roll retreat near the town of Woodstock. The promoters managed to sign a roster of top acts, including the Jefferson Airplane, the Who, the Grateful Dead, Sly and the Family Stone, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival and many more. Early estimates of attendance increased from 50,000 to around 200,000, but by the time the gates opened on Aug. 15, more than 400,000 were clamoring to get in.
In 1899, Henry Ford leaves Edison to build automobile company.
In 1914, Panama Canal opens to traffic.
In 1947, India and Pakistan win independence.
In 1968, heavy fighting erupts around DMZ in Vietnam.
In 2021, Kabul falls to Taliban after US withdrawal.
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