Historical Events For August - 01

1910  On this day in history mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)  

1911  Omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point on this day in history.  

1911  Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician on August - 01.  

1911  On August - 01 konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies  

1912  On August - 01 brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist  

1913  Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny) on this day in history.  

1914  Germany declares war on Russia in WW I on August - 01.  

1914  Germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral on August - 01.  

1914  British fleet reaches Scapa Flow on August - 01.  

1914  On this day in history jack Delano, composer  

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

1916  On this day in history hawaii National Park established  

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park forms  

1916  On this day in history viscount Hanworth, barrister  

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

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana on this day in history.  

1917  Start of Third Battle of Ypres – Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele on August - 01.  

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT on this day in history.  

1917  Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert on August - 01.  

1918  On this day in history british troops enter Vladivostok  

1918  Wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist on August - 01.  

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

1919  On August - 01 stanley Middleton, novelist  

1920  Papendrecht soccer team forms on this day in history.  

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

1920  On August - 01 bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies  

1921  On August - 01 benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert  

1922  On August - 01 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  On August - 01 pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF  

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

1925  John Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61 on August - 01.  

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on August - 01.  

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 01.  

1495  Jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect was born on August - 01.  

1520  On August - 01 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  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on August - 01.  

0527  On this day in history justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies  

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

1190  On this day in history floris III, Count of Holland, dies  

1227  On this day in history death of shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179)  

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

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

1464  On August - 01 death of cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386)  

1541  Death of Simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493) on this day in history.