On this day, Aug. 15

1919 Three thousand streetcar men again walked off the job, this time in protest against War Labor Board’s award of a 6cent-an-hour raise, only half of what they asked.

1945 In a prerecorded radio address, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II.

1969 The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.

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.

2016 President Barack Obama, in Chilmark, Mass., urged Democrats to campaign aggressively for the next 80 days to elect Hillary Clinton, saying that “if we do not do our jobs, then it’s still possible for her to lose.”

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 Jim Dale, 86. Actor Pat Priest, 85. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, 83. U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., 83. Musician Pete York (Spencer Davis Group), 79. Author-journalist Linda Ellerbee, 77. Songwriter Jimmy Webb, 75. Rock singer-musician Tom Johnston (The Doobie Brothers), 73. Actor Phyllis Smith, 72. Britain’s Princess Anne, 71. Actor Tess Harper, 71. Actor Larry Mathews, 66. Actor Zeljko Ivanek, 64. Actorcomedian Rondell Sheridan, 63. Rock singer-musician Matt Johnson (The The), 60. Movie director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, 58. Philanthropist Melinda Gates, 57. Country singer Angela Rae (Wild Horses), 55. Actor Peter Hermann, 54. Actor Debra Messing, 53. Actor Anthony Anderson, 51. Actor Ben Affleck, 49. Singer Mikey Graham (Boyzone), 49. Actor Natasha Henstridge, 47. Actor Nicole Paggi, 44. Christian rock musician Tim Foreman (Switchfoot), 43. Actor Emily Kinney, 37. Figure skater Jennifer Kirk, 37. Latin pop singer Belinda, 32. Actor Courtney Hope, 32.

Thought for today: “Life has taught me to think, but thinking has not taught me how to live.”