Page 4: Historical Events In August - 08

1896  Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling) on this day in history.   

1897  On August - 08 jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79   

1898  On this day in history paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans)   

1900  NSW and Victorian Contingent departs Sydney for the Boxer Rebellion in China on this day in history.   

1900  1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later on this day in history.   

1900  Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange on this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history the birth of Ernest Lawrence, US physicist   

1901  Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939) on August - 08.   

1902  2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2) on this day in history.   

1902  On August - 08 paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933)   

1902  On August - 08 jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies   

1903  3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1) on this day in history.   

1903  August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state on August - 08.   

1904  Istvan Szelenyi, composer on August - 08.   

1905  On this day in history andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque)   

1906  On August - 08 andre Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)   

1907  Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter) on August - 08.   

1908  Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65) on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 08 joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40   

1909  R S Falkiner of Moonbria sheep station in NSW demonstrates first electric sheep-shears on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler)   

1910  The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer on August - 08.   

1910  Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962) on August - 08.   

1911  The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire on this day in history.   

1911  Rosetta LeNoire, NYC, actor (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters) on August - 08.   

1912  On this day in history daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8)   

1913  On this day in history richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia   

1913  On August - 08 axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show)   

1914  On August - 08 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"   

1914  On August - 08 arthur Holt, politician   

1915  Battle for Sari Bair on August - 08.   

1916  On August - 08 battle for Mouquet Farm   

1916  On August - 08 a's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road   

1918  On August - 08 battle for Amiens begins   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.   

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on August - 08.   

1605  On August - 08 birth of cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)   

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  On August - 08 birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  On this day in history birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.   

1445  On this day in history death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on this day in history.   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.   

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.   

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on this day in history.   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on this day in history.