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

1908  George Kimble, geographer on August - 02.   

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

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

1909  On this day in history 1st Lincoln head pennies minted   

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 August - 02.   

1912  On this day in history 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  Lord Benson, accountant on August - 02.   

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

1914  On August - 02 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  On August - 02 johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter   

1916  On this day in history world War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.   

1916  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 02 enrico Carus opera singer tenor, died   

1921  On August - 02 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 this day in history 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  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies on this day in history.   

1923  On August - 02 brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal   

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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 August - 02.   

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  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

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 August - 02.