Page 4: Historical Events In August - 19
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
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 

1918 James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist. 

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