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Saturday, 13 June 2026
Aug 28 Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS] 
Aug 28 Glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue).
Aug 29 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle.
Aug 29 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught
Aug 29 Arizonan is inaugural vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
Aug 30 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed
Aug 30 Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
Aug 30 Battle of Tannenberg, one of history's great military disasters, ends after the Russian Second Army under Samsonov is enveloped and crushed by the Germans, losing 30000 men; Samsonov committed suicide.
Aug 30 Julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)
Aug 31 24.8 cm rainfall at Bloomingdale, Michigan (state record).
Aug 31 Richard Basehart, Zanesville Oh, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea).
Sep 01 34th US Mens Tennis: R Norris W III beats M E McLoughlin (63 86 10-8).
Sep 01 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo
Sep 01 St Petersburg, Russia changes name to Petrograd
Sep 02 -3] Gen von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux
Sep 02 Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist.
Sep 03 British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne.
Sep 03 Ferdinand AR Cabrera, Spanish/German of emperor Wilhelm II, dies at 58
Sep 03 Kitty Carlisle Hart, New Orleans La, actress (Animal Crackers)
Sep 04 British, French and Russian govt sign Pact of London, against Germany.
Sep 05 Battle of Marne (WW I) begins
Sep 05 Battle of Marne (WW I) begins: Germans chase out Russians.
Sep 05 Gail Kubik, South Coffeyville, Okla, composer (Gerald McBoing Boing).
Sep 05 HMS Pathfinder, a British Light cruiser torpedoed and sunk out from the Firth of Forth by German submarine U21.
Sep 06 Battle of Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris.
Sep 06 Battle of the Marne; Germans prevented from occupying Paris.
Sep 07 Herbert Delauney Bill Hughes, educationist.
Sep 07 Lord O'Brien, British nobleman, dies at 73
Sep 07 New York Post Office Building opens to the public.
Sep 07 NY Post Office Building opens to public.
Sep 08 British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland.
Sep 08 Dimitrios I, patriarch (primus interparis orthodox Christians).
Sep 08 Robert Wise, American film director is born.
Sep 08 SS Oceanic,a White Star Liner, built in 1899. She was the inaugural ship to exceed the length of the Great Eastern, at 704 ft overall. After being requistioned on the outbreak of the inaugural World War as an armed merchant cruiser, she was attached to the 10th cruiser squadron of the Royal Navy. On the 8th September, in thick fog, she ran aground on rocks on Foula Island, Shetlands where she became a total loss and was eventually broken up. She had a crew of 400 on board at the time of her accident, all of whom were resued by the Trawler Glenogil
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