Page 4: Historical Events In August - 06

1890  On August - 06 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  Guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset) on this day in history.   

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

1896  On August - 06 france annexes Madagascar   

1896  On August - 06 cyril Mockridge, composer   

1900  On August - 06 wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74   

1901  On August - 06 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 this day in history.   

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

1908  On August - 06 george Singer, composer   

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

1910  On this day in history 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 August - 06 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  Serbia declares war against Germany on August - 06.   

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

1914  Susan Cowdy, ornithologist on August - 06.   

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  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 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  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  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.   

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1195  Henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies on August - 06.   

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 August - 06.