On this day in sports: August 15
- 1899 Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened. Source
- 1947 Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. Source
- 1970 Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game. Source
- 1988 Born: Boban Marjanović, Serbian basketball player Source
- 1992 Born: Matthew Judon, American football player Source
- 2011 Died: Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984) Source
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