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 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 this day in history france annexes Madagascar   

1896  Cyril Mockridge, composer on August - 06.   

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 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 August - 06.   

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 August - 06 st Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn   

1908  On this day in history george Singer, composer   

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

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

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  On August - 06 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 this day in history.   

1914  Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia on this day in history.   

1914  Susan Cowdy, ornithologist on this day in history.   

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 August - 06.   

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  The birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor on this day in history.   

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 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  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  On August - 06 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 August - 06.   

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

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.   

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

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.   

0258  On August - 06 death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded   

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

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

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on August - 06.   

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