Page 5: Historical Events In August - 12

1898  On August - 12 oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor (I Remember Mama)   

1899  Alfred Kantorowicz, German historian (Spanish Diary) on August - 12.   

1900  On this day in history 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  Frances Clode, CEO (WRVS) on August - 12.   

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

1905  On this day in history king Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp   

1905  On August - 12 joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen)   

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 this day in history.   

1909  Maurice Heath, air marshal on this day in history.   

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

1911  On this day in history cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days)   

1911  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

1913  On August - 12 kurt Kaszner, Vienna Austria, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants)   

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

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

1914  On this day in history john Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies   

1915  On this day in history "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published   

1915  Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center (Lions, Eagles) on this day in history.   

1916  Picasso, Max Jacob, Kisling, Ortiz & Paquerette photographed in Paris on August - 12.   

1917  Douglas Gunsekera, banker on this day in history.   

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

1918  Sgt. Robert Spall Prices Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Parvillers, France on August - 12.   

1919  On August - 12 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 this day in history arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies   

1923  Enrico Tiraboschi is first to swim English Channel westward on August - 12.   

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

1925  On August - 12 kMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions   

1927  On this day in history "Wings," the only silent film to win an Oscar for best picture, opens   

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1503  On August - 12 birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

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

1592  On August - 12 birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on August - 12.   

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.   

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

1629  On August - 12 birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.   

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on this day in history.   

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

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history philip VI, king of France, dies   

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

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.   

1546  On this day in history francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.