Historical Events In August - 06

1890  Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game on August - 06.  

1890  John Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY) on August - 06.  

1892  On August - 06 hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw)  

1893  On August - 06 guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)  

1895  On this day in history george Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74  

1896  On August - 06 france annexes Madagascar  

1896  Cyril Mockridge, composer on this day in history.  

1900  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1901  On August - 06 kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.  

1902  On this day in history michal Vilec, composer  

1904  Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68) on August - 06.  

1905  26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) on August - 06.  

1905  Clara Bow, silent screen actress (Wings) "it" girl of 1920's films on this day in history.  

1906  Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants) on this day in history.  

1908  St Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn on this day in history.  

1908  On August - 06 george Singer, composer  

1909  On August - 06 alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.  

1910  On August - 06 nYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt  

1910  On August - 06 charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes)  

1911  Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame) on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history austria-Hungary declares war against Russia  

1914  Ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history serbia declares war against Germany  

1914  Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia on August - 06.  

1914  On this day in history susan Cowdy, ornithologist  

1914  On this day in history ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54  

1915  Battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli starts - Seven Australians receive Victoria Crosses on this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history during World War I, Warsaw falls into German hands  

1916  On August - 06 dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta  

1917  On this day in history the birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor  

1917  World War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti between the Romanian and German armies begins on this day in history.  

1917  Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) on this day in history.  

1918  On August - 06 ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France  

1919  On this day in history the first air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)  

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.  

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.  

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on August - 06.  

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on this day in history.  

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV  

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on August - 06.  

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.  

0258  Death of Sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded on August - 06.  

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies  

0966  On August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)  

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.  

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.  

1221  On August - 06 death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)  

1272  On this day in history stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies  

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on August - 06.