Page 6: Historical Events In August - 01

1910  On this day in history mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)   

1911  On August - 01 omar N Bradley (18) begins education in West Point   

1911  Kenneth Norman Joseph Loveless, priest folk musician on August - 01.   

1911  Konrad Duden, German linguist (Das, grosse Duden Lexicon), dies on this day in history.   

1912  Brian Keith-Lucas, political scientist on August - 01.   

1913  Jerome Moross, Brooklyn NY, composer (Frankie & Johnny) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history germany declares war on Russia in WW I   

1914  On this day in history germany declares war on the Soviet Union, Italy declares itself neutral.   

1914  British fleet reaches Scapa Flow on August - 01.   

1914  On this day in history jack Delano, composer   

1915  On August - 01 ronald MacDonald, British major-general   

1916  On August - 01 hawaii National Park established   

1916  Hawaii National Park forms on August - 01.   

1916  On August - 01 viscount Hanworth, barrister   

1916  On August - 01 claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies   

1917  On August - 01 frank Little, IWW organizer is lynched in Butte, Montana   

1917  Start of Third Battle of Ypres - Australian soldiers in action at Menin Road, Glencorse Wood, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde Ridge and Passchendaele on this day in history.   

1917  Frank Little, IWW organizer, lynched in Butte, MT on August - 01.   

1917  On this day in history benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert   

1918  British troops enter Vladivostok on August - 01.   

1918  On this day in history wyndraeth Morris-Jones, British political scientist   

1919  On August - 01 queen Wilhelmina opens 1st Air Fair in Amsterdam   

1919  On this day in history stanley Middleton, novelist   

1920  On August - 01 papendrecht soccer team forms   

1920  Jeffrey Segal, actor (Traitors)/playwright on August - 01.   

1920  Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian hindu leader, dies on this day in history.   

1921  On August - 01 benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert   

1922  Hendrikus Colijn becomes political editor-in-chief of The Standard on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history arthur Hill, Saskatchewan Canada, actor (Owen Marshall, Glitter)   

1922  Vaclav Juda Novotny, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1923  Pres Harding dies at Palace Hotel, SF on August - 01.   

1925  On August - 01 shortwave-radio link between Kootwijk & Netherland East-Indies   

1925  On August - 01 john Pieter Veth, painter/lithographer/etcher/writer, dies at 61   

1926  Battles between Druzen & French in Damascus on August - 01.   

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1313  Emperor Kogon of Japan (d. 1364) was born on August - 01.   

1322  On August - 01 birth of peter van Herenthals, South Netherlands theologist/church historian   

1377  On August - 01 birth of emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)   

1495  On this day in history birth of jan Scorel, Dutch painter/architect   

1520  On this day in history birth of sigismund II Augustus, King of Poland (1548-72)   

1545  Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.   

1555  On August - 01 birth of edward Kelley, English spirit medium (d. 1597)   

1579  Luís Vélez de Guevara, Spanish writer (d. 1644) was born on this day in history.   

0527  Justinus I, Byzantine emperor (518-27), dies on August - 01.   

1137  On this day in history louis VI, King of France, dies (1108-37)   

1190  Floris III, Count of Holland, dies on August - 01.   

1227  Death of Shimazu Tadahisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1179) on this day in history.   

1402  Death of Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (b. 1341) on August - 01.   

1457  Laurentius Valla, Italian philosopher (Voluptate), dies at about 50 on August - 01.   

1464  Death of Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1386) on August - 01.   

1541  On this day in history death of simon Grynaeus, German theologian (b. 1493)