Historical Events In August - 02

1906  Chicago White Sox begin record 19 game win streak on this day in history.   

1906  Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak on August - 02.   

1906  On August - 02 albert Goodwin, historian   

1907  Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit on this day in history.   

1908  George Kimble, geographer on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history army Air Corps formed as Army takes first delivery from Wright Brothers   

1909  On August - 02 the first Lincoln head pennies minted   

1909  1st Lincoln head pennies minted on this day in history.   

1909  Lord Benson, accountant on August - 02.   

1910  On August - 02 gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat)   

1911  On August - 02 haiti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica   

1912  18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY on August - 02.   

1912  Ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface) on August - 02.   

1913  On this day in history lord Benson, accountant   

1914  Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place on August - 02.   

1914  Belgian govt receives German ultimatum on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history felix Leclerc, composer   

1914  Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1915  On August - 02 johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter   

1916  World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto on this day in history.   

1916  Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story) on August - 02.   

1916  Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48 on August - 02.   

1918  On August - 02 japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.   

1919  John Pinkerton, compuer scientist on this day in history.   

1920  Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC on August - 02.   

1920  On this day in history louis Pauwels, writer/editor   

1921  Enrico Carus opera singer tenor, died on this day in history.   

1921  Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox on August - 02.   

1921  Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1921  Enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, died on this day in history.   

1922  China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die on August - 02.   

1922  Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night) on this day in history.   

1922  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies on this day in history.   

1923  Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal on August - 02.   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.   

1533  On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on August - 02.   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  On August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)