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 this day in history albert Goodwin, historian  

1907  On August - 02 walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit  

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 August - 02.  

1909  On August - 02 1st Lincoln head pennies minted  

1909  On this day in history lord Benson, accountant  

1910  On August - 02 gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat)  

1911  On August - 02 haiti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica  

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 August - 02.  

1913  On this day in history lord Benson, accountant  

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

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 this day in history.  

1915  Johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter on August - 02.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1921  Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

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

1922  Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night) on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies  

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

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.  

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.  

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

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

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

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.  

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 August - 02 john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies  

1100  On August - 02 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)