Page 4: Historical Events In August - 06

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

1890  John Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY) on this day in history.   

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

1896  On this day in history france annexes Madagascar   

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  Michal Vilec, composer on August - 06.   

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

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

1905  Clara Bow, silent screen actress (Wings) "it" girl of 1920's films on August - 06.   

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

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

1914  Serbia declares war against Germany on August - 06.   

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

1914  Susan Cowdy, ornithologist on this day in history.   

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

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

1917  The birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor on this day in history.   

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

1917  On August - 06 robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)   

1918  On August - 06 ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France   

1919  On August - 06 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  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 August - 06.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1195  On August - 06 henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies   

1221  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)