Page 4: Historical Events In August - 06

1890  Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game on this day in history.   

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  George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1896  France annexes Madagascar on August - 06.   

1896  On August - 06 cyril Mockridge, composer   

1900  On August - 06 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  On August - 06 michal Vilec, composer   

1904  On this day in history 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  St Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn on August - 06.   

1908  George Singer, composer on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history 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 August - 06 austria-Hungary declares war against Russia   

1914  On August - 06 ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54   

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

1916  On this day in history dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta   

1917  On this day in history 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  On August - 06 ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France   

1919  The first air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on August - 06.   

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1180  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  On August - 06 birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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  Hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies on August - 06.   

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

1162  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

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

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on this day in history.   

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 August - 06.