Aug 16   KC's Alex Main no-hits Buffalo (Federal League), 5-0.   

Aug 17   German troops over run Kovno Lithuiana   

Aug 17   Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia   

Aug 17   Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life   

Aug 17   SS Glenby, this Ropner ship was sunk by gunfire from a U boat St. George's Channel. The Germans then machine gunned the survivors in the life boats, killing two and seriously wounding two others.   

Aug 18   Braves Field opens in Boston to see Braves beat Cards 3-1.   

Aug 18   Max Lanier, baseball player   

Aug 19   Lardner Ring Jr, Chicago, screenwriter (Woman of the Year)   

Aug 19   Rationing laws go into effect in Netherlands   

Aug 20   Paul Ehrlich, Germ geneologist (Chemotherapy, Nobel 1908), dies in 61.   

Aug 20   White Sox obtain Joe Jackson from Cleve in exchange for Robert Roth, Larry Chappell, Ed Klepfer, and $31500.   

Aug 21   Italy declares war on Turkey in World War One   

Aug 21   Italy declares war on Turkey   

Aug 21   Jack Weston, [Morris Weinstein], Cleveland, actor (4 Seasons, Rad)   

Aug 23   Czar Nicolaas II takes control of Russian Army.   

Aug 24   Alice B[radley] Sheldon, US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful).   

Aug 25   Hurricane results in the deaths of 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage.   

Aug 25   Walter Trampler, Munich Germany, violist (Beaux Arts Trio).   

Aug 26   German troops over run Brest-Litovsk, Russia.   

Aug 26   Humphrey Searle, England, writer (20th Century counterpoint).   

Aug 27   Italy declares war on Germany   

Aug 27   Walter W Heller, economist (Old Myths and New Realities).   

Aug 28   Max Robertson, British sports commentator   

Aug 29   Denys Hay, historian   

Aug 29   Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress is born   

Aug 30   Liesbeth Saijers, Dutch sculptor   

Aug 31   Chic White Sox Jimmy Lavender no-hits NY Giants, 2-0.   

Sep 02   August Stramm, writer, dies at 41   

Sep 02   Dai-Keong Lee, composer   

Sep 03   Abel Ehrlich, composer.   

Sep 04   Dick Thomas, Phila Pa, TV host (Village Barn)   

Sep 05   35th US Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108)   

Sep 06   Franz Josef Strauss, Germany, nazi/minister of defense (1956-62)   

Sep 07   35th US Mens Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (16 60 75 108).   

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Jan 01   Francois bondy: Writer   

Jan 01   Lewis bingham keeble: Town planner   

Jan 02   John hope franklin: Historian   

Jan 05   Mabel leigh: Potter   

Jan 05   Uta graf: Singer/teacher   

Jan 05   Arthur h. robinson: Canadian-born cartographer   

Jan 06   Alan watts: Kent england, writer (book on the taboo)   

Jan 06   Don edwards: (rep-d-ca, 1963- )   

Jan 02   Karl goldmark: Austria-hungarian composer (queen of saba),   

Jan 03   James e flecker: British diplomat/novelist (hassan),   

Jan 06   Reginald wood: Cricketer (one test england v australia 1886),    

Jan 13   Mary slessor: Scottish missionary (b. 1848)   

Jan 14   Richard meux benson: Founder of anglican religious order (b. 1824)   

Jan 15   Guillaume couture: Composer,    

Jan 28   Nikolay umov: Russian physicist (b. 1846)   

Feb 05   Ross barnes: Baseball player (b. 1850)