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 this day in history guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)  

1895  George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1896  On August - 06 france annexes Madagascar  

1896  Cyril Mockridge, composer on this day in history.  

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  Michal Vilec, composer on August - 06.  

1904  On this day in history henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68)  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  Charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes) on this day in history.  

1911  On this day in history lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame)  

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

1914  On this day in history ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54  

1914  Serbia declares war against Germany on this day in history.  

1914  On this day in history austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia  

1914  On August - 06 susan Cowdy, ornithologist  

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 this day in history.  

1915  On this day in history during World War I, Warsaw falls into German hands  

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

1917  On August - 06 the birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor  

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

1917  On August - 06 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher  

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on August - 06.  

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 August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies  

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.  

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

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

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on August - 06.  

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)