Page 5: Historical Events In August - 12

1898  Oscar Homolka, Vienna Austria, actor (I Remember Mama) on August - 12.   

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

1900  Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer on August - 12.   

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

1905  King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp on August - 12.   

1905  Joan [Jacobus J] Remmelts, Dutch actor (Jantjes, Twee Vorstinnen) on this day in history.   

1907  On August - 12 james Herbert Lloyd Morrell, bishop   

1908  On August - 12 ford builds the first Model T.   

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

1909  On this day in history 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  Jozef Israels, painter, dies on August - 12.   

1912  Jane Wyatt, Campgaw NJ, actress (Father Knows Best, Star Trek) on August - 12.   

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

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

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

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  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 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 this day in history arthur Griffith, Irish nationalist/president (Sinn Fein), dies   

1923  Enrico Tiraboschi is first to swim English Channel westward on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  Giovanni Legrenzi, composer was born on August - 12.   

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

1644  On this day in history birth of georg Christoph Leuttner, composer   

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

0875  Louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50 on August - 12.   

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

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

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.