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  Carroll O'Connor born (Archie Bunker in All in the Family) on this day in history.   

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

1924  On this day in history 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  On August - 02 alan Wicker, British broadcaster   

1926  On this day in history betsy Bloomingdale, dept store mogul   

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

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

1929  On August - 02 phillies Don Hurst sets NL record of 6 consecutive games with a HR   

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  On this day in history charlie Grimm replaces Roger Hornsby as manager of Chic Cubs   

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

1934  On this day in history 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  William Franks twirls an indian club overhead 17,280 times in 1 hour on August - 02.   

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

1934  On August - 02 paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Hindenburg, soldier/statesman, dies at 86   

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

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  On August - 02 hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers   

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  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 this day in history 250 Dutch Catholic Jews arrested, transported to Amersfoort camp   

1942  Friedrich Aereboe, Dutch landlord, dies at 77 on August - 02.   

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

1943  Revolt in Treblinka on August - 02.   

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

1944  On August - 02 amsterdam soccer team "The Volewijckers" plays in orange shirts   

1945  On August - 02 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  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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 this day in history 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  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  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

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

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

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 August - 02.   

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.