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 this day in history.   

1900  Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 12 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 this day in history frances Clode, CEO (WRVS)   

1904  On August - 12 aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II [OS=July 30]   

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  Ford builds the first Model T on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 12 lord Renton, QC/British govt minister   

1909  On August - 12 maurice Heath, air marshal   

1910  On this day in history baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (Natl Assn of Women)   

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

1911  On August - 12 jozef Israels, painter, dies   

1912  On August - 12 jane Wyatt, Campgaw NJ, actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek)   

1913  Kurt Kaszner, Vienna Austria, actor (Cmdr Fitzhugh-Land of the Giants) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1917  On this day in history douglas Gunsekera, banker   

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

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

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  Arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies on this day in history.   

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  KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions on August - 12.   

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

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on August - 12.   

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

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

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

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

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  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.   

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

1424  Death of Yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360) on August - 12.   

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

1546  On August - 12 francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on this day in history.