On this day, Aug. 15
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica.
1919 Three thousand streetcar men again walked off the job, this time in protest against War Labor Board’s award of a 6cents-an-hour raise, only half of what they asked.
1955 The city’s first heliport was established atop the Gateway Parking Garage at Fourth Avenue and Stanwix Street in anticipation of regular helicopter service between Downtown and the airports.
1971 President Richard Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.
1996 Allegheny Ludlum, the largest maker of stainless steel in the United States, acquired Los Angeles-based Teledyne Inc., creating Allegheny Teledyne Inc. with corporate headquarters in Pittsburgh.
2015 Japanese Emperor Akihito expressed rare “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions in an address marking the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II, a day after the prime minister fell short of apologizing to victims of Japanese aggression.
Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).
— Compiled by Rick Nowlin Today’s birthdays: Actor Abby Dalton, 88. Actor Lori Nelson, 87. Civil rights activist Vernon Jordan, 85. Actor Jim Dale, 85. Actor Pat Priest, 84. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 82. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, DCalif., 82. Musician Pete York (Spencer Davis Group), 78. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee, 76. Songwriter Jimmy Webb, 74. Rock singer-musician Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers), 72. Actor Phyllis Smith, 71. Britain’s Princess Anne, 70. Actor Tess Harper, 70. Actor Larry Mathews, 65. Actor Zeljko Ivanek, 63. Actor-comedian Rondell
Sheridan, 62. Rock singer-musician Matt Johnson (The The), 59. Movie director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (ihn-YAH’-ee-tu), 57. Philanthropist Melinda Gates, 56. Country singer Angela Rae (Wild Horses), 54. Actor Peter Hermann, 53. Actor Debra Messing,
52. Actor Anthony Anderson, 50. Actor Ben Affleck, 48. Singer Mikey Graham (Boyzone),
48. Actor Natasha Henstridge, 46. Actor Nicole Paggi, 43. Christian rock musician Tim Foreman (Switchfoot), 42. Actor Emily Kinney, 36. Figure skater Jennifer Kirk, 36. Latin pop singer Belinda, 31. Actor Courtney Hope,
31. Rock singer Joe Jonas (The Jonas Brothers), 31. Actor-singer Carlos PenaVega, 31. Actor Jennifer Lawrence, 30. Rap DJ Smoove da General (Cali Swag District), 30. Thought for today: “Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me how to live.”