Page 4: Historical Events In August - 06

1890  On this day in history cy Young pitches & wins 1st game   

1890  On this day in history john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)   

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

1893  On this day in history guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)   

1895  George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74 on August - 06.   

1896  France annexes Madagascar on August - 06.   

1896  On August - 06 cyril Mockridge, composer   

1900  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 on August - 06.   

1901  On this day in history kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.   

1902  On this day in history michal Vilec, composer   

1904  On August - 06 henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68)   

1905  26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) on this day in history.   

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

1906  Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants) on August - 06.   

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

1908  On August - 06 george Singer, composer   

1909  On this day in history alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.   

1910  NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes)   

1911  On this day in history lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame)   

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  Serbia declares war against Germany on August - 06.   

1914  On August - 06 austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia   

1914  On this day in history susan Cowdy, ornithologist   

1914  Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli starts - Seven Australians receive Victoria Crosses   

1915  During World War I, Warsaw falls into German hands on August - 06.   

1916  Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta on this day in history.   

1917  On August - 06 the birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor   

1917  World War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti between the Romanian and German armies begins on August - 06.   

1917  On this day in history robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)   

1918  Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France on this day in history.   

1919  On August - 06 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  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  On this day in history birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

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

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.   

1644  On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  On this day in history birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

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

0258  On this day in history death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded   

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

0966  On this day in history death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

1195  On this day in history henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies   

1221  On this day in history death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

1272  On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

1414  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)