Page 5: 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  The birth of James Baldwin, American writer on this day in history.   

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

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

1925  Alan Wicker, British broadcaster on August - 02.   

1926  On August - 02 betsy Bloomingdale, dept store mogul   

1927  On August - 02 brian Neill, British Lord Justice of Appeal   

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

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

1931  Spanish Catalonia agrees (99+%) for autonomous status on this day in history.   

1932  On August - 02 the birth of Peter O'Toole, British actor   

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

1932  Gheorghe Cucu, composer, dies at 50 on August - 02.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

1938  1st test of a yellow baseball (Dodgers vs Cardinals) on this day in history.   

1938  Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer, dies at 76 on August - 02.   

1939  On this day in history hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers   

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  On August - 02 german 11st Army surrounds 20 Russian divisions at Oeman   

1941  On August - 02 jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70   

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

1942  On August - 02 friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77   

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

1943  On this day in history revolt in Treblinka.   

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

1944  On this day in history amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts   

1945  On this day in history potsdam Conference ended, with Stalin, Truman & Churchill   

1945  Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek, composer (Donna Diana), dies at 85 on August - 02.   

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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 August - 02.   

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

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.