Historical Events In August - 06

1890  Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game on August - 06.  

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

1892  Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw) on this day in history.  

1893  On this day in history 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  On August - 06 cyril Mockridge, composer  

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  On August - 06 michal Vilec, composer  

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1904  Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68) on August - 06.  

1905  On August - 06 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 August - 06.  

1908  On August - 06 st Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn  

1908  George Singer, composer on this day in history.  

1909  On August - 06 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 August - 06.  

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

1914  Serbia declares war against Germany on August - 06.  

1914  Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia on August - 06.  

1914  On this day in history susan Cowdy, ornithologist  

1914  Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54 on August - 06.  

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

1917  The birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor on August - 06.  

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

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

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

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

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on August - 06.  

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.  

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  On August - 06 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 this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer  

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

0523  On this day in history 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 August - 06 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  On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies  

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on August - 06.