Historical Events In August - 02

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

1906  Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history albert Goodwin, historian   

1907  Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit on this day in history.   

1908  George Kimble, geographer on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 02 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  1st Lincoln head pennies minted on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history lord Benson, accountant   

1910  Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat) on this day in history.   

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

1912  On August - 02 18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY   

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

1913  On this day in history lord Benson, accountant   

1914  Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place on this day in history.   

1914  Belgian govt receives German ultimatum on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 02 felix Leclerc, composer   

1914  On August - 02 gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36   

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  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 August - 02 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 August - 02.   

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

1921  On August - 02 chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

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 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  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

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  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)