Aug 03   Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founded   

Aug 04   Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)   

Aug 04   Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother is born   

Aug 04   Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother2007 A UK-wide ban on movement of all livestock is in place after foot and mouth disease is are discovered on the Surrey farm is born.   

Aug 05   Bodi Rapp, [Johanna PAC Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher.   

Aug 05   James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80.   

Aug 06   Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74.   

Aug 07   Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike.   

Aug 07   Taylor Caldwell, novelist.   

Aug 08   1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, and won by US 2 days later   

Aug 08   Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange.   

Aug 08   NSW and Victorian Contingent departs Sydney for the Boxer Rebellion in China.   

Aug 10   1st Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in Boston (3-0).   

Aug 10   Arthur Porritt, NZ, 100m sprinter (Olympic-bronze-1924).   

Aug 11   Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod) [NS].   

Aug 12   James E Keeler, US astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42   

Aug 12   Jose Ignacio Prieto Arrizubieta, composer.   

Aug 14   1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht).   

Aug 14   Intl forces including US Marines enter Beijing to put down Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners   

Aug 14   Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer   

Aug 15   Estelle Brody, NYC, actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything)   

Aug 15   Regular service is commenced over the 3'0" gauge White Pass and Yukon Railway between Skagway, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon   

Aug 16   Eca de Queiroz, writer, dies.   

Aug 17   Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News).   

Aug 18   Walter O'Keefe, Hartford Ct, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood).   

Aug 19   Colleen Moore, Port Huron MI, actress (Scarlet Letter).   

Aug 19   Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris.   

Aug 20   Edward J "Murt" O'Donoghue, snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break.   

Aug 20   Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games.   

Aug 21   Allied forces overun Peking's inner city   

Aug 21   Eileen Percy, Belfast Ireland, silent film actress (Let's Go).   

Aug 22   Elizabeth Bergner, Vienna Austria, actress (Catherine the Great)   

Aug 22   Gabriel Faures opera "Prométhée," premieres in Beziers.   

Aug 23   Ernst Krenek, Vienna Austria, composer (Johnny Spielt Auf)   

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Jan 01   Hubert van doorne: Dutch auto manufacturer (daf)   

Jan 01   William haines: Staunton va, actor (fast life, little annie rooney)   

Jan 01   Xavier cugat: Barcelona spain, bandleader (married abbe lane, charo)   

Jan 01   Chiune sugihara: Japanese diplomat    

Jan 03   Dorothy arnzer: Director   

Jan 03   Maurice jaubert: Composer   

Jan 04   James bond: American ornithologist   

Jan 05   Dennis gabor: Hung/brit physicist (holography-nobel 1971) [or jun 5]   

Jan 03   Edwin george monk: Composer,    

Jan 08   Billy bates: Cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 tests for eng),   

Jan 20   John ruskin: English writer (dearest mama talbot),   

Jan 22   David e. hughes: American musician (b. 1831)   

Jan 30   Vittorio bersezio: [carlo nugelli], italian playwright,    

Feb 03   Ottokar eugen novacek: Composer,    

Feb 16   George labram: Us mine engineer in south africa,   

Feb 18   Clinton l. merriam: American politician (b. 1824)