Page 4: Historical Events In August - 19

1895  American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas   

1895  Andrzejewski, writer.   

1896  Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer.   

1897  1st electric taxi's drive in London.   

1899  Kenneth MacKenna, Canterbury NH, actor/director (Those We Love).   

1900  Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris   

1900  Colleen Moore, Port Huron MI, actress (Scarlet Letter).   

1902  Ogden Nash, American humorist is born   

1902  Ogden Nash, Rye NY, humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself)   

1903  Phillies suffer record 9th straight posponed game   

1903  Claude Dauphin, Corbell France, actor (April in Paris, Deported).   

1904  Ted Nightingale, former colonial governor.   

1905  Russian tsar installs "Imperial Duma," without legislative powers   

1905  Fitzhugh Lee, US pilot/vice-admiral (WW II, Navy Cross)   

1906  June Collyer, NYC, actress (Before Midnight, Charley's Aunt).   

1907  Thurston Morton, (Sen-Ky, 1957-1969)   

1909  inaugural race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway   

1909  Indianapolis 500 race track opens.   

1909  Jerzy Andrzejewski, Warsaw Poland, writer (Ashes and Diamonds)   

1909  Rembt THPLA of Boneval Faure, lawyer/1st-Member of parliament, dies   

1910  Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher.   

1911  NY Giant Christy Mathewson loses after beating Reds 22 straight times   

1912  Percy Aldridge Grainger's "Shepherd's Key," premieres.   

1912  Alfonse Hasselmans, composer, dies at 67.   

1913  Frenchman Pégoud makes 1st parachute jump in Europe   

1913  Walter B Jones, (Rep-D-NC, 1966-92)   

1914  Elmer Rice' "On Trial," premieres in NYC.   

1914  Fumio Hayasaka, composer   

1915  Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands   

1915  Lardner Ring Jr, Chicago, screenwriter (Woman of the Year).   

1916  Marie Wilson, Anaheim Calif, actress (My Friend Irma)   

1917  Sunday benefit baseball game at the Polo Grounds results in John McGraw andChristy Mathewson's arrest.   

1917  Sunday benefit baseball game at Polo Grounds results in John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's arrest for violating Blue laws   

1918  Irving Berlin's musical "Yip Yip Yaphank," premieres in NYC   

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1342  On August - 19 birth of katharine of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria (d. 1395)   

1398  On this day in history birth of marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (d. 1458)   

1521  Lodovico Guicciardini, Italian historian (Descrittione di Tutti) was born on August - 19.   

1557  On this day in history birth of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1608)   

1558  On this day in history birth of paulus Merula, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1590  On August - 19 birth of henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (d. 1649)   

1596  Elisabeth Stuart, English daughter of James I was born on August - 19.   

1596  On this day in history birth of elizabeth Stuart, Electress Palatine and Queen of Bohemia (d. 1662)   

0440  Sixtus III, Italian Pope (432-40), dies on this day in history.   

0472  On August - 19 ricimer, Barbaars general, dies   

1186  Death of Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1158) on this day in history.   

1245  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (b. 1195) on this day in history.   

1284  On this day in history death of alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (b. 1273)   

1297  Death of Saint Louis of Toulouse, French Catholic bishop (b. 1274) on this day in history.   

1493  Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), dies at 77 on August - 19.   

1580  Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 on this day in history.