Page 4: Historical Events In August - 06

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

1890  On August - 06 john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)   

1892  On this day in history hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw)   

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

1895  On August - 06 george Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74   

1896  On this day in history france annexes Madagascar   

1896  Cyril Mockridge, composer on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74   

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

1902  Michal Vilec, composer on August - 06.   

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

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

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

1906  On August - 06 ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants)   

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

1908  George Singer, composer on August - 06.   

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

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

1910  Charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes) on August - 06.   

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

1914  Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia on August - 06.   

1914  On this day in history ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54   

1914  On this day in history serbia declares war against Germany   

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

1914  On August - 06 susan Cowdy, ornithologist   

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

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

1915  On August - 06 during World War I, Warsaw falls into German hands   

1916  Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta on August - 06.   

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

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

1917  Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) on August - 06.   

1918  Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France on August - 06.   

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  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  On this day in history birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  On August - 06 birth of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)   

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

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  On August - 06 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 August - 06.   

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

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

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on this day in history.   

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

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on this day in history.   

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.   

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on this day in history.   

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.