Page 4: Historical Events In August - 02

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

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

1906  On August - 02 albert Goodwin, historian   

1907  Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit on August - 02.   

1908  On August - 02 george Kimble, geographer   

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

1912  On this day in history ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface)   

1913  On August - 02 lord Benson, accountant   

1914  On this day in history sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place   

1914  On August - 02 belgian govt receives German ultimatum   

1914  On this day in history felix Leclerc, composer   

1914  Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36 on August - 02.   

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

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

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

1916  On this day in history hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48   

1918  On this day in history japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.   

1919  On August - 02 john Pinkerton, compuer scientist   

1920  Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC on this day in history.   

1920  On August - 02 louis Pauwels, writer/editor   

1921  On this day in history enrico Carus opera singer tenor, died   

1921  On August - 02 chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox   

1921  On this day in history enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48   

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

1922  On August - 02 china, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die   

1922  Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night) on August - 02.   

1922  On August - 02 alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies   

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 this day in history.   

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.