Page 4: Historical Events In August - 08

1896  On August - 08 marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling)   

1897  Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79 on August - 08.   

1898  On August - 08 paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans)   

1900  NSW and Victorian Contingent departs Sydney for the Boxer Rebellion in China on this day in history.   

1900  1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later on this day in history.   

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

1901  The birth of Ernest Lawrence, US physicist on this day in history.   

1901  Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939) on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)   

1902  On this day in history paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933)   

1902  On August - 08 jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies   

1903  3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1) on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history andre Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)   

1907  On August - 08 benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter)   

1908  On August - 08 arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65)   

1908  Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40 on August - 08.   

1909  On August - 08 r S Falkiner of Moonbria sheep station in NSW demonstrates first electric sheep-shears.   

1909  On August - 08 bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler)   

1910  On this day in history the US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.   

1910  Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962) on this day in history.   

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

1911  Rosetta LeNoire, NYC, actor (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8)   

1913  Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia on this day in history.   

1913  Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"   

1914  Arthur Holt, politician on this day in history.   

1915  Battle for Sari Bair on this day in history.   

1916  Battle for Mouquet Farm on this day in history.   

1916  On August - 08 a's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road   

1918  On August - 08 battle for Amiens begins   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.   

1518  On this day in history birth of conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)   

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen   

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

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

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

1445  Death of Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer on August - 08.   

1506  On this day in history sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

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

1555  On this day in history death of oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)   

1588  Death of Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter on August - 08.   

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on this day in history.