Page 4: Historical Events In August - 06

1890  Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game on August - 06.   

1890  On this day in history john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)   

1892  Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw) on August - 06.   

1893  On August - 06 guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)   

1895  On August - 06 george Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74   

1896  On this day in history france annexes Madagascar   

1896  On this day in history cyril Mockridge, composer   

1900  Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74 on August - 06.   

1901  On August - 06 kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.   

1902  On August - 06 michal Vilec, composer   

1904  On this day in history henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68)   

1905  On August - 06 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record)   

1905  On this day in history clara Bow, silent screen actress (Wings) "it" girl of 1920's films   

1906  On August - 06 ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants)   

1908  On this day in history st Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn   

1908  On this day in history george Singer, composer   

1909  On this day in history alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.   

1910  NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt on this day in history.   

1910  On August - 06 charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes)   

1911  Lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame) on this day in history.   

1914  Austria-Hungary declares war against Russia on August - 06.   

1914  Ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54 on August - 06.   

1914  On August - 06 serbia declares war against Germany   

1914  On this day in history austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia   

1914  On this day in history susan Cowdy, ornithologist   

1914  On August - 06 ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54   

1915  Battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli starts - Seven Australians receive Victoria Crosses on this day in history.   

1915  On August - 06 during World War I, Warsaw falls into German hands   

1916  Dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta on August - 06.   

1917  The birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor on August - 06.   

1917  World War I: Battle of MărăşeÅŸti between the Romanian and German armies begins on this day in history.   

1917  Robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South) on this day in history.   

1918  On August - 06 ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France   

1919  On August - 06 the first air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler)   

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1180  On August - 06 birth of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)   

1504  Matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury was born on August - 06.   

1609  Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675) was born on August - 06.   

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on August - 06.   

1638  On this day in history birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  On this day in history birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

1651  Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time) was born on this day in history.   

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on August - 06.   

0258  On this day in history death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded   

0523  On this day in history hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0966  On this day in history death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

1195  On August - 06 henry de Leeuw, duke of Saxon/Bayern, dies   

1221  On August - 06 death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

1272  Stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies on this day in history.   

1414  On August - 06 death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)