Page 4: Historical Events In August - 02

1906  Chicago White Sox begin record 19 game win streak.   

1906  Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak.   

1906  Albert Goodwin, historian   

1907  Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit.   

1908  George Kimble, geographer.   

1909  Army Air Corps formed as Army takes inaugural delivery from Wright Brothers   

1909  The inaugural Lincoln head pennies minted.   

1909  1st Lincoln head pennies minted.   

1909  Lord Benson, accountant.   

1910  Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat)   

1911  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   

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

1913  Lord Benson, accountant.   

1914  Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place.   

1914  Belgian govt receives German ultimatum.   

1914  Felix Leclerc, composer.   

1914  Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36.   

1915  Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter   

1916  World War I: Austrian sabotage leads to the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto   

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

1916  Hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48.   

1918  Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.   

1919  John Pinkerton, compuer scientist   

1920  Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC   

1920  Louis Pauwels, writer/editor.   

1921  Enrico Carus opera singer tenor, died.   

1921  Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox.   

1921  Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48   

1921  Enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, died   

1922  China, hit by a typhoon; about 60000 die   

1922  Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night)   

1922  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies.   

1923  Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal.   

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1455  Johan cicero: Elect of brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  Theodor zwinger: Swiss scholar   

1627  Samuel dircksz van hoogstraten: Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von stieler: German poet (teutsche wolredner)   

1672  Johann jakob scheuchzer: Swiss scholar   

1674  Philip ii: Duke of orléans, regent of france   

1696  Mahmud i: Sultan of ottoman (turkey) (1730-54)/fought austria & russia   

1703  Lorenzo ricci: Italian jesuit leader   

0257  Stefanus i: Bishop of rome (254-57)/heretic fighter,   

0640  Death of Severinus: Italian pope (640),   

0686  Death of John v: 1st greeks-syrian pope (685-86),   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of wessex: Ælfweard of wessex   

1002  Abu amir mohammed ibn abd allah ibn mohammed ibn abi amir:   

1075  Death of John viii xiphilinus: Theologian/patriarch of constantinople,   

1100  Death of William ii: [rufus], king of england, shot in new forest at 44   

1222  Death of Count raymond vi of toulouse: Count raymond vi of toulouse (b. 1156)