Page 4: Historical Events In August - 02

1906  On August - 02 chicago White Sox begin record 19 game win streak   

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

1906  On this day in history albert Goodwin, historian   

1907  On this day in history walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit   

1908  George Kimble, geographer on this day in history.   

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

1909  The first Lincoln head pennies minted on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 02 1st Lincoln head pennies minted   

1909  On this day in history lord Benson, accountant   

1910  On this day in history gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat)   

1911  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1913  Lord Benson, accountant on August - 02.   

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  On this day in history gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36   

1915  Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

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 this day in history beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story)   

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

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  On this day in history marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC   

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

1921  On August - 02 enrico Carus opera singer tenor, died   

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 August - 02.   

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

1922  On August - 02 carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night)   

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

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

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 this day in history.   

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

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

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  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)