Page 4: Historical Events In August - 13

1899  Alfred Hitchcock, London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window)   

1901  Ian Whyte, composer.   

1902  England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory   

1902  Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic   

1903  Wilton Graff, St Louis MO, actor (Bloodlust, Just Before Dawn).   

1904  Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Olathe KS, actor (Wings)   

1905  Japanese seize Canadian ship Antiope out of Victoria as a carrier of contraband; during Russo-Japanese War.   

1906  Black soldiers raid Brownsville Texas   

1907  inaugural taxicab (NYC)   

1907  1st taxicab (NYC).   

1907  Alfred Alwin Felix Krupp, Essen Germany, arms manufacturer   

1908  Cy Young Day in Boston, he pitches briefly against an All-Star team   

1908  Gene Raymond, NYC, actor (Paris 7000, Fireside Theater).   

1908  Ira D Sankey, US evangelist/composer/singer (Gospel Hymns), dies at 67   

1909  John Beal, Joplin MO, actor (10 Who Dare, I Am the Law, Amityville 3D)   

1910  Dodgers and Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball and 1 hit by pitch   

1910  Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90.   

1912  Ben Hogan, Dublin Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1950, 51, 53)   

1912  Jules EF Massenet, French opera composer (Werther, Manon), dies at 70.   

1913  Canadian Army troops called out at Nanaimo British Columbia to stop rioting.   

1913  Otto Witte, an acrobat, is purportedly crowned King of Albania.   

1913  Anatoly Vasilyevich Bogatiryov, composer.   

1913  F August Bebel, German social-democrat, dies   

1914  Establishment of the Australian Red Cross to raise funds to purchase comfort supplies for Australian service personnel overseas.   

1914  -14] German army occupies forts at Luik   

1914  Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea)   

1916  Fritz Steinbach, composer, dies at 61.   

1917  Phillies steal 5 bases in an inning against Braves.   

1918  Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW) established as a public company in Germany.   

1918  Denis Smallwood, British air chief marshal   

1919  Australia's inaugural demonstration of wireless telephony given by Ernest Fisk to illustrate a lecture in Sydney.   

1919  In this year, Man o'War's only defeat (Upset claims at Saratoga).   

1919  British troops fire on Amritsar India demonstrators; killing 350   

1919  Rex Humbard, televanglist   

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0582  Arnulf of metz: French bishop and saint   

1311  King alfonso xi of castile and leon: King alfonso xi of castile and leon (d. 1350)   

1422  William caxton: 1st english printer (histories of troy)   

1584  Theophilus howard: 2nd earl of suffolk, english politician   

1617  Johann a quenstedt: German lutherian theologist   

1625  Rasmus bartholin: Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist   

1655  Johann christoph denner: Inventor (clarinet)   

1662  Charles seymour: 6th duke of somerset, english politician   

0586  Death of Radegund: Wife of clotaire i   

0587  Radegundis: Daughter of thurings king berthar/saint,   

0662  Death of Maximus confessor: Greek theologist/crusader,   

0900  Death of Zwentibold: King of lutherans (895-900),   

1134  Irene [pirisca]: Byzantine empress,   

1191  Philips van heinsberg: Archbishop of cologne,   

1278  Death of Daikaku: Zen teacher rinzai line/head of kenchoji,   

1382  Death of Eleanor of aragon: Wife of john i of castile (b. 1358)