Page 4: Historical Events In August - 06

1890  On August - 06 cy Young pitches & wins 1st game   

1890  On August - 06 john Hart or William Kemmler, US, 1st executed in electric chair (NY)   

1892  On August - 06 hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw)   

1893  On this day in history guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset)   

1895  George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74 on August - 06.   

1896  France annexes Madagascar on August - 06.   

1896  On this day in history cyril Mockridge, composer   

1900  On August - 06 wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist/socialist, dies at 74   

1901  On this day in history kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.   

1902  On August - 06 michal Vilec, composer   

1904  On August - 06 henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68)   

1905  26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana (state record) on this day in history.   

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

1906  Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants) on August - 06.   

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

1908  George Singer, composer on August - 06.   

1909  Alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip on August - 06.   

1910  NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt on August - 06.   

1910  Charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes) on this day in history.   

1911  On August - 06 lucille Ball, Jamestown NY, comedienne/actress (I Love Lucy, Mame)   

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

1914  On August - 06 ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54   

1914  On August - 06 serbia declares war against Germany   

1914  Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia on this day in history.   

1914  Susan Cowdy, ornithologist on this day in history.   

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 August - 06.   

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

1916  On August - 06 dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta   

1917  On August - 06 the birth of Robert Mitchum, American actor   

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

1917  On August - 06 robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)   

1918  Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France on August - 06.   

1919  The first air flight over a major body of water in Australia (Harry Butler) on this day in history.   

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1180  Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239) was born on this day in history.   

1504  On this day in history birth of matthew "Nosey" Parker, archbishop of Canterbury   

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

1619  Barbara Strozzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  Nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher was born on August - 06.   

1644  Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV was born on this day in history.   

1651  On August - 06 birth of francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)   

1651  Johann Michael Zacher, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0523  On August - 06 hormisdas, Pope (514-23), dies   

0966  On August - 06 death of berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963)   

1162  Death of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona on August - 06.   

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

1221  Death of Dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans) on this day in history.   

1272  On August - 06 stefanus V, prince of Transylvania/king of Hungary (1270-72), dies   

1414  On this day in history death of king Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377)