Historical Events In August - 02

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

1906  On this day in history chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak  

1906  Albert Goodwin, historian on this day in history.  

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

1908  On this day in history 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 August - 02.  

1909  On this day in history lord Benson, accountant  

1910  Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat) on this day in history.  

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

1913  On August - 02 lord Benson, accountant  

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

1914  On this day in history belgian govt receives German ultimatum  

1914  Felix Leclerc, composer on this day in history.  

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

1915  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story)  

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  On August - 02 john Pinkerton, compuer scientist  

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 this day in history.  

1921  Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 on August - 02.  

1921  Enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, died on August - 02.  

1922  China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die on this day in history.  

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

1922  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies on August - 02.  

1923  Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal on this day in history.  

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)  

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter  

1632  On this day in history birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)  

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

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.  

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

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)  

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.  

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies  

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

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

1002  On August - 02 abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64  

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.  

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.  

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.