Page 4: Historical Events In August - 08

1896  Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling) on August - 08.   

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

1898  Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans) on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 08 nSW and Victorian Contingent departs Sydney for the Boxer Rebellion in China   

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 August - 08.   

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

1901  On August - 08 the birth of Ernest Lawrence, US physicist   

1901  On August - 08 ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939)   

1902  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1904  On August - 08 istvan Szelenyi, composer   

1905  Andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque) on August - 08.   

1906  On this day in history andre Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)   

1907  On this day in history benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter)   

1908  Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65) on August - 08.   

1908  Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 on August - 08.   

1909  On August - 08 r S Falkiner of Moonbria sheep station in NSW demonstrates first electric sheep-shears.   

1909  Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler) on August - 08.   

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  The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire on August - 08.   

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  Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia on August - 08.   

1913  Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show) on this day in history.   

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

1914  On August - 08 arthur Holt, politician   

1915  Battle for Sari Bair on August - 08.   

1916  Battle for Mouquet Farm on August - 08.   

1916  A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history battle for Amiens begins   

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

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

1571  On this day in history birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

1605  On this day in history 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 August - 08 birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

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

0869  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on this day in history.   

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

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

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