Page 4: Historical Events In August - 08

1896  On August - 08 marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling)   

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  On August - 08 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later   

1900  On August - 08 josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange   

1901  The birth of Ernest Lawrence, US physicist on this day in history.   

1901  Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939) on this day in history.   

1902  On August - 08 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)   

1902  Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies   

1903  3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1) on August - 08.   

1903  On this day in history august Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state   

1904  On this day in history istvan Szelenyi, composer   

1905  On August - 08 andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque)   

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

1907  On August - 08 benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter)   

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

1908  Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

1909  Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler) on this day in history.   

1910  The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)   

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

1911  Rosetta LeNoire, NYC, actor (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters) on this day in history.   

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

1913  On August - 08 richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia   

1913  Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show) on August - 08.   

1914  On this day in history 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"   

1914  On this day in history arthur Holt, politician   

1915  On August - 08 battle for Sari Bair   

1916  On August - 08 battle for Mouquet Farm   

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

1918  Battle for Amiens begins on this day in history.   

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1079  On this day in history birth of emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)   

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

1571  John Ward, composer was born on August - 08.   

1586  On August - 08 birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.   

1617  On August - 08 birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  On this day in history birth of godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)   

1653  Jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar was born on August - 08.   

0117  On this day in history mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  On this day in history lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  On August - 08 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 this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.