Historical Events In August - 02

1906  Chicago White Sox begin record 19 game win streak on August - 02.   

1906  On this day in history chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak   

1906  On August - 02 albert Goodwin, historian   

1907  On August - 02 walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit   

1908  George Kimble, geographer on August - 02.   

1909  Army Air Corps formed as Army takes first delivery from Wright Brothers on August - 02.   

1909  The first Lincoln head pennies minted on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 02 1st Lincoln head pennies minted   

1909  On this day in history lord Benson, accountant   

1910  On this day in history gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat)   

1911  On this day in history haiti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica   

1912  18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY on August - 02.   

1912  On August - 02 ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface)   

1913  Lord Benson, accountant on this day in history.   

1914  Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place on this day in history.   

1914  Belgian govt receives German ultimatum on August - 02.   

1914  On August - 02 felix Leclerc, composer   

1914  On August - 02 gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36   

1915  On this day in history johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter   

1916  On August - 02 world War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.   

1916  On August - 02 beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story)   

1916  On August - 02 hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48   

1918  Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I on this day in history.   

1919  John Pinkerton, compuer scientist on this day in history.   

1920  On August - 02 marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC   

1920  On this day in history louis Pauwels, writer/editor   

1921  On this day in history enrico Carus opera singer tenor, died   

1921  Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox on this day in history.   

1921  Enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48 on August - 02.   

1921  Enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, died on August - 02.   

1922  China, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die on this day in history.   

1922  Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night) on August - 02.   

1922  Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies on this day in history.   

1923  Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal on August - 02.   

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1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  On August - 02 birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on this day in history.   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.