Page 5: 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 August - 12.   

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  On this day in history boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony   

1903  On this day in history frances Clode, CEO (WRVS)   

1904  Aleksei N Romanov, son of tsar Nicolas II [OS=July 30] on August - 12.   

1905  On August - 12 king Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp   

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

1907  James Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop on August - 12.   

1908  Ford builds the first Model T on August - 12.   

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

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

1910  Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (Natl Assn of Women) on August - 12.   

1911  Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1914  On this day in history cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen")   

1914  [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist (Parool) on August - 12.   

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

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

1915  Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center (Lions, Eagles) on August - 12.   

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

1917  On August - 12 douglas Gunsekera, banker   

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

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

1923  Dutch AR-leader Coair replaces De Geer as minister of finances on August - 12.   

1925  KMA-AM in Shenandoah IA begins radio transmissions on August - 12.   

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

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

1566  Isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands was born on this day in history.   

1592  On August - 12 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  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.   

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  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on August - 12.   

0030  Death of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC) on August - 12.   

0875  On this day in history 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  Philip VI, king of France, dies on this day in history.   

1424  On August - 12 death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

1484  On this day in history sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies   

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

1577  On this day in history death of thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513)