Historical Events In August - 12

1898  Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor (I Remember Mama) on this day in history.  

1899  Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian (Spanish Diary) on this day in history.  

1900  On August - 12 jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer  

1900  On this day in history james E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42  

1901  Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony on this day in history.  

1903  On August - 12 frances Clode, CEO (WRVS)  

1904  Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II [OS=July 30] on this day in history.  

1905  King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp on this day in history.  

1905  Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen) on August - 12.  

1907  On August - 12 james Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop  

1908  On this day in history ford builds the first Model T.  

1908  Lord Renton, QC/British govt minister on August - 12.  

1909  On this day in history maurice Heath, air marshal  

1910  On August - 12 baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (Natl Assn of Women)  

1911  On August - 12 cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days)  

1911  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on August - 12.  

1912  Jane Wyatt, Campgaw NJ, actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek) on this day in history.  

1913  Kurt Kaszner, Vienna Austria, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants) on August - 12.  

1914  On August - 12 cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen")  

1914  [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist (Parool) on this day in history.  

1914  John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies on August - 12.  

1915  On August - 12 "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published  

1915  On August - 12 alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center (Lions, Eagles)  

1916  On this day in history picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz & Paquerette photographed in Paris  

1917  Douglas Gunsekera, banker on August - 12.  

1918  Prv. Thomas Dinesen (42nd Cdn. Infanctry Batt.) wins the Victoria Cross at Parvillers, France on this day in history.  

1918  Sgt. Robert Spall Prices Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Parvillers, France on this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history michael Kidd, [Milton Greenwald] choreographer (7 Brides for 7 Bros)  

1922  Dedication of Frederick Douglas' home in Wash DC as national shrine on this day in history.  

1922  On August - 12 arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies  

1923  On this day in history enrico Tiraboschi is first to swim English Channel westward  

1923  On August - 12 dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances  

1925  KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions on this day in history.  

1927  On August - 12 "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens  

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1503  Christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59) was born on August - 12.  

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands  

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)  

1604  On August - 12 birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)  

1620  On August - 12 birth of pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer  

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1629  Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676) was born on August - 12.  

1644  On August - 12 birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer  

0030  On August - 12 death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)  

0875  On August - 12 louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50  

1158  On August - 12 anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies  

1350  On August - 12 philip VI, king of France, dies  

1424  On this day in history death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)  

1484  On August - 12 sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies  

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on this day in history.  

1577  On August - 12 death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)