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 August - 02.  

1906  On this day in history albert Goodwin, historian  

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  Army Air Corps formed as Army takes first delivery from Wright Brothers on August - 02.  

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

1909  1st Lincoln head pennies minted on August - 02.  

1909  Lord Benson, accountant on August - 02.  

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

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1911  On August - 02 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 August - 02.  

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 August - 02 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 August - 02.  

1915  On August - 02 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  Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story) on August - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

1920  On August - 02 louis Pauwels, writer/editor  

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

1922  China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die on August - 02.  

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 August - 02.  

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 August - 02.  

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  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies  

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

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

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)