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Historical Events Happened In August - 01

Friday, 24 May 2013

1914 Germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral on this day in history.

1914 British fleet reaches Scapa Flow on this day in history.

1914 On this day in history jack Delano, composer

1915 Ronald MacDonald, British major-general on this day in history.

1916 On this day in history hawaii National Park established

1916 On this day in history hawaii National Park forms

1916 Viscount Hanworth, barrister on this day in history.

1916 Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies on this day in history.

1917 On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana

1917 On this day in history start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele

1917 On this day in history frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT

1917 On this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert

1918 British troops enter Vladivostok on this day in history.

1918 On this day in history wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist

1919 On this day in history queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam

1919 Stanley Middleton, novelist on this day in history.

1920 On this day in history papendrecht soccer team forms

1920 Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright on this day in history.

1920 On this day in history bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies

1921 Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on this day in history.

1922 On this day in history hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard

1922 On this day in history arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)

1922 On this day in history vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72

1923 Pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF on this day in history.

1925 Shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies on this day in history.

1925 On this day in history john Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61

1926 On this day in history battles between Druzen & French in Damascus

1926 On this day in history israel Zangwill, British zionists writer (Ghetto tragedies), dies

1927 Earliest date for a film to be considered for the Academy Awards on this day in history.

1928 Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 & is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace on this day in history.

1929 Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies on this day in history.

1932 On this day in history arnold Fothergill, cricketer (8 wickets in 2 Tests for Eng 1889), dies

1933 The birth of Dom Deluise, American film actor on this day in history.

1933 Carl Hubbell sets record of consecutive scoreless innings (45 1/3) on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In August - 01

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1313 On this day in history birth of emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364)

1322 Peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian was born on this day in history.

1377 Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433) was born on this day in history.

1495 Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on this day in history.

1520 On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)

1545 Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.

1555 On this day in history birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)

1579 On this day in history birth of luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644)

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Famous Deaths In August - 01

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1137 On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)

1190 Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on this day in history.

1227 Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.

1402 On this day in history death of edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341)

1457 On this day in history laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50

1464 On this day in history death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)

1541 On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)

1546 On this day in history death of peter Faber, French Jesuit theologian (b. 1506)

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