Page 4: Historical Events In August - 02

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

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

1906  On August - 02 albert Goodwin, historian   

1907  On August - 02 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  The first Lincoln head pennies minted on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 02 1st Lincoln head pennies minted   

1909  Lord Benson, accountant on August - 02.   

1910  On August - 02 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 this day in history ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface)   

1913  On August - 02 lord Benson, accountant   

1914  Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place on August - 02.   

1914  Belgian govt receives German ultimatum on August - 02.   

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 August - 02 world War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.   

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 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 August - 02.   

1920  Marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC on August - 02.   

1920  Louis Pauwels, writer/editor on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 02.   

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

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

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 August - 02 brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal   

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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  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

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

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

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

1075  On August - 02 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.