Page 4: Historical Events In August - 02

1906  On August - 02 chicago White Sox begin record 19 game win streak   

1906  Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history albert Goodwin, historian   

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

1908  On this day in history george Kimble, geographer   

1909  On August - 02 army Air Corps formed as Army takes first delivery from Wright Brothers   

1909  The first Lincoln head pennies minted on August - 02.   

1909  On this day in history 1st Lincoln head pennies minted   

1909  Lord Benson, accountant on August - 02.   

1910  Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat) on August - 02.   

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

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

1912  On this day in history ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface)   

1913  On August - 02 lord Benson, accountant   

1914  On August - 02 sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place   

1914  On August - 02 belgian govt receives German ultimatum   

1914  Felix Leclerc, composer on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history 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  Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story) on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history 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  Enrico Carus opera singer tenor, died on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1921  Enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, died on this day in history.   

1922  On August - 02 china, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die   

1922  Carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night) on this day in history.   

1922  On August - 02 alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies   

1923  Brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal on this day in history.   

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1455  On this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.   

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

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.   

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 August - 02.