* 1959 – Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.

Somarama was born on August 27, 1915, to Iso Hamy and Ratugama Rallage Dieris Appuhamy.

this particular style is more developed form of drama influenced from South Indian street drama which was introduced by some South Indian Artists. Phillippu Singho from Negombo in 1824 Performed “ Harishchandra Nadagama ” in Hnguranketha which was originally written in Telingu language.

After Rains Retreat, he journeyed up to the town of Lopburi and stayed in various caves such as Phaikwang Cave, Mount Khao Phra Ngarm, and Singho Cave, where he practiced intensive meditation.

and it should be far better known than it is.

The Chenoweth brothers were experienced bridge builders, and against the competition of other, and better known, bridge designers and builders they had constructed nine of the covered, wooden bridges on the Parkersburg and Staunton Turnpike a dozen years before, as well as many other bridges for several counties.

Until better records have been kept over longer periods of time and much more is known about the maximum dimensions, it will be wise to refrain from drawing conclusions.

Of the two, Porter is justly the better known, for he went far beyond the vital finding of fiction for films to take the first step toward fashioning a language of film, toward making the motion picture the intricate, efficient time machine that it has remained since, even in the most inept hands.

As a result no comparable literature of the period is better known and better studied nor more often performed than the English madrigal.

She had, of course, been exposed to and enjoyed a music appreciation course which had included the better known classical works such as `` Tristan und Isolde '', `` Candide '', `` Oklahoma '', `` Nozze de Figaro '', the atomic age singers, Eileen Farrell, Elvis Presley and Geraldine Todd, as well as the curious rhythmic progressions of the Venusians, Capellan visual chromatics and the sonic concerti of the Altairians.

In comedy, several players are emerging in the image of the very popular Rouiched which is illustrated in several films such as Hassan Terro or Hassan Taxi, or actor Hadj Abderrahmane better known under the pseudonym of the Inspector Tahar in 1973 comedy The Holiday of The Inspector Tahar directed by Musa Haddad.

A 1945 radio series of at least 13 original half-hour episodes ( none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories ) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor Harold Huber, perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various Charlie Chan films.

* 1942 – Major General Eugene Reybold of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the " Development of Substitute Materials " project, better known as the Manhattan Project.

Bronze, an alloy of copper and tin, was the first alloy discovered, during the prehistoric period now known as the bronze age ; it was harder than pure copper and originally used to make tools and weapons, but was later superseded by metals and alloys with better properties.

Casa Milà (), better known as La Pedrera (, meaning the ' The Quarry '), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1905 – 1910, being considered officially completed in 1912.

* 1945 – The United States Army liberates Nazi Sonderlager ( high security ) prisoner-of-war camp Oflag IV-C ( better known as Colditz ).

Aurelius Ambrosius, better known in English as Saint Ambrose ( c. 330 – 4 April 397 ), was an archbishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the 4th century.

For several years, Solomonoff's work was better known in the Soviet Union than in the Western World.

The better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest region near the Cape.

* The king of Gath better known as Achish, referred to as Abimelech or Achimelech in the title of.

Among the better known programs in wide use were Fetch, Eudora, NewsWatcher and the NCSA packages, especially NCSA Mosaic and its offspring, Netscape Navigator.

* 2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

* Calamity Jane Martha Jane Canary ( May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903 ), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, and professional scout best known for her claim of being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok.

Salieri met Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi better known as Metastasio and Christoph Willibald Gluck during this period at the famous Sunday morning salons held at the home of the Martinez family.

* Alexandra Elena Apostoleanu ( born 1986 ), Romanian singer, better known as Inna

William Rose Benet notes the notoriety of Abigail Hill, better known as " Mrs Masham ", a lady-in-waiting to Queen Anne.

Alfred Gerald Caplin ( September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979 ), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li ' l Abner.

Presented in 1915 by Wolfgang Gaede and using mercury vapor, they were the first type of high vacuum pumps operating in the regime of free molecular flow, where the movement of the gas molecules can be better understood as diffusion than by conventional fluid dynamics.

Lyon Himan Green, ( February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987 ), better known by the stage name Lorne Greene, was a Canadian actor and musician.

Law entered the coalition government as Colonial Secretary in 1915, his first senior Cabinet post, and, following the resignation of Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Asquith, was invited by King George V to form a government, but he deferred to Lloyd George, Secretary of State for War and former Minister of Munitions, who he believed was better placed to lead a coalition ministry.

First introduced in 1915, production continued through at least 1953 and led to REO being one of the better known manufacturers of commercial vehicles prior to World War II.

The White Army had a better foundation for this, as it received the Finnish Jaeger troops, some 2, 000 men trained by Germany since 1915.

By March 1915, there were 600 stations on the roster, and due to improvements in equipment and operating ability, some of the better stations were claiming communication ranges of up to a thousand miles.

2153 ( 1915 ), better known as the " brides in the bath murder ".

Balthazar Johannes Vorster (; 13 December 1915 – 10 September 1983 ), better known as John Vorster, served as the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and as the fourth State President of South Africa from 1978 to 1979.

Other statistics compare players to the league average, which is good for cross-era analysis ( example: 90 runs created in 1915 are much better than 90 RC in 1996, because runs were more scarce in 1915 ).

His eldest sister was Frances May Baer ( 1905 – 1991 ), his younger sister was Bernice Jeanette Baer ( 1911 – 1987 ), his younger brother was boxer-turned-actor Jacob Henry Baer, better known as Buddy Baer ( 1915 – 1986 ), and his adopted brother was August " Augie " Baer.

In two landmark volumes ( 1907 and 1915 ) he published the Amarna letters, diplomatic correspondence of the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten ( 1351-1334 BCE ).

Opened in 1915 as " Alumni Field ," Boston College's first stadium was located just south of Gasson Quadrangle, on the site of the present " Campus Green ", better known as the " Dustbowl.

His memory was better served by Ezra Pound, who translated some of his songs and also based several original poems around him and his works, notably Na Audiart ( 1908 ), Sestina: Altaforte ( 1909 ), and Near Périgord ( 1915 ).

In a September 1915 editorial, Cattell related these difficulties to his readers and announced that the " Popular Science Monthly " name had been " transferred " to a group that wanted the name for a general audience magazine, a publication which fit the name better.

Florencio " Flor " Morales Ramos ( September 5, 1915 – February 23, 1989 ), much more better known as Ramito, was a famous Puerto Rican singer, trovador, and composer who was a native of Caguas, Puerto Rico.

The party fared better in the election of 1915, when Richard Rigg was elected for Winnipeg North's second seat.

For two years, he served as a member of the Citizens Military Forces, and on 6 February 1915, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force enticed by the prospects of better pay.

A prototype diesel engine was built in 1939 from two 1915 stock motor cars, which was expected to be part of a batch of ten, but experience with battery locomotives showed that these were a better alternative.

Emil Samuel Zekley ( February 11, 1915 – April 28, 2005 ), better known as Zeke Zekley, was an American cartoonist who worked on several comic strips, notably George McManus ' Bringing Up Father.

Germán Genaro Cipriano Gomez Valdés Castillo ( September 19, 1915 – June 29, 1973 ), better known as Tin-Tan, was an actor, singer and comedian who was born in Mexico City but was raised and began his career in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

Johnson again faced contract issues prior to the 1915 – 16 NHA season when he refused to sign Portland's offer, demanding better terms.