Historical Events In August - 02

1923  On this day in history warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57  

1924  On this day in history carroll O'Connor born (Archie Bunker in All in the Family)  

1924  On August - 02 the birth of James Baldwin, American writer  

1924  On August - 02 joe Hauser sets record of 14 total bases in a game  

1924  James Baldwin, NY, author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country) on this day in history.  

1925  Alan Wicker, British broadcaster on August - 02.  

1926  On August - 02 betsy Bloomingdale, dept store mogul  

1927  On this day in history brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal  

1928  On August - 02 mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia)  

1929  Phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR on this day in history.  

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1931  On August - 02 spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status  

1932  The birth of Peter O'Toole, British actor on this day in history.  

1932  Charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chic Cubs on this day in history.  

1932  On this day in history gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50  

1934  Death of Hindenberg. Hitler becomes head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. Hitler proclaims himself "Fuehrer" and forces all military personnel to swear allegience to him on this day in history.  

1934  William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour on this day in history.  

1934  On August - 02 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it  

1934  Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86 on this day in history.  

1937  On this day in history the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, essentially rendering marijuana and all its by-products illegal.  

1938  On August - 02 1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals)  

1938  Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1939  Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death  

1941  On this day in history jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia  

1941  German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman on this day in history.  

1941  Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1942  On August - 02 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp  

1942  On this day in history friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77  

1943  PT-109, under command of LTJG John F. Kennedy, cut in half by Japanese cruiser on August - 02.  

1943  Revolt in Treblinka on this day in history.  

1943  On this day in history armed revolt breaks out in Treblinka  

1944  Amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts on August - 02.  

1945  Potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman & Churchill on August - 02.  

1945  On August - 02 emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85  

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

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)  

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter  

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)  

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  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.  

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)  

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

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 August - 02 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  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.  

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.  

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.