Page 5: Historical Events In August - 02

1923  On August - 02 warren Harding, 29th Pres (1921-23), dies at Palace Hotel SF at 57   

1924  On August - 02 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  On August - 02 james Baldwin, NY, author (Go Tell it on Mountain, Another Country)   

1925  Alan Wicker, British broadcaster on this day in history.   

1926  On August - 02 betsy Bloomingdale, dept store mogul   

1927  Brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal on August - 02.   

1928  Mussolini signs peace treaty with Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on August - 02.   

1929  On this day in history phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR   

1931  On this day in history spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status   

1932  The birth of Peter O'Toole, British actor on August - 02.   

1932  On August - 02 charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chic Cubs   

1932  On August - 02 gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50   

1934  On August - 02 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.   

1934  On August - 02 william Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour   

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

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

1937  The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, essentially rendering marijuana and all its by-products illegal on August - 02.   

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

1938  On this day in history bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76   

1939  Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers on August - 02.   

1940  Clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death on this day in history.   

1941  Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia on this day in history.   

1941  German 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman on August - 02.   

1941  Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70 on August - 02.   

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

1942  Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman & Churchill   

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 August - 02.   

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

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

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 02.   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.   

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

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

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

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.