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  On August - 02 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 August - 02.  

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

1909  On this day in history the first Lincoln head pennies minted  

1909  On August - 02 1st Lincoln head pennies minted  

1909  Lord Benson, accountant on this day in history.  

1910  Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat) on August - 02.  

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1911  Haiti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1913  Lord Benson, accountant on August - 02.  

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

1914  Belgian govt receives German ultimatum on August - 02.  

1914  Felix Leclerc, composer on August - 02.  

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

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

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 August - 02 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  John Pinkerton, compuer scientist on this day in history.  

1920  On August - 02 marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC  

1920  Louis Pauwels, writer/editor on August - 02.  

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

1921  On this day in history chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox  

1921  On August - 02 enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48  

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  On this day in history alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies  

1923  On this day in history brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal  

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

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  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)  

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 this day in history.  

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.  

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

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex  

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

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies  

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 this day in history.