Page 4: Historical Events In August - 08

1896  Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling) on August - 08.   

1897  On August - 08 jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79   

1898  Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans) on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 08 nSW and Victorian Contingent departs Sydney for the Boxer Rebellion in China   

1900  On August - 08 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later   

1900  On August - 08 josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange   

1901  On August - 08 the birth of Ernest Lawrence, US physicist   

1901  On this day in history ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939)   

1902  On August - 08 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)   

1902  Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies   

1903  On August - 08 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1)   

1903  On August - 08 august Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state   

1904  On this day in history istvan Szelenyi, composer   

1905  Andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque) on August - 08.   

1906  On August - 08 andre Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)   

1907  Benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65)   

1908  On this day in history joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40   

1909  R S Falkiner of Moonbria sheep station in NSW demonstrates first electric sheep-shears on this day in history.   

1909  Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler) on August - 08.   

1910  On August - 08 the US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.   

1910  On this day in history francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)   

1911  On August - 08 the millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.   

1911  On August - 08 rosetta LeNoire, NYC, actor (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters)   

1912  Daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8) on this day in history.   

1913  Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia on August - 08.   

1913  On this day in history axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show)   

1914  3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance" on August - 08.   

1914  Arthur Holt, politician on this day in history.   

1915  Battle for Sari Bair on August - 08.   

1916  On this day in history battle for Mouquet Farm   

1916  A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road on this day in history.   

1918  Battle for Amiens begins on this day in history.   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on August - 08.   

1518  On August - 08 birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  John Ward, composer was born on this day in history.   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on August - 08.   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on this day in history.   

1617  On this day in history birth of adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary)   

1646  Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1653  On August - 08 birth of jacques Basnage, French/Neth historian/vicar   

0117  Mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on August - 08.   

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1506  Sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86 on August - 08.   

1553  On August - 08 death of girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)   

1555  On August - 08 death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  On this day in history death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.