Page 4: Historical Events In August - 08
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1896 On August - 08 marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling)
1897 On August - 08 jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79
1898 On August - 08 paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans)
1900 On August - 08 nSW and Victorian Contingent departs Sydney for the Boxer Rebellion in China
1900 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939) on August - 08.
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 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 this day in history august Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
1904 On August - 08 istvan Szelenyi, composer
1905 On this day in history andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque)
1906 Andre Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days) on this day in history.
1907 On August - 08 benny Carter, NYC, musician/composer (Easy Money, King Carter)
1908 Arthur J Goldberg, Ill, UN ambassador/Supreme Court justice (1962-65) on this day in history.
1908 On August - 08 joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40
1909 On this day in history r S Falkiner of Moonbria sheep station in NSW demonstrates first electric sheep-shears.
1909 Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler) on this day in history.
1910 The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer on August - 08.
1910 On this day in history francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
1911 The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire on August - 08.
1911 On this day in history rosetta LeNoire, NYC, actor (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters)
1912 On this day in history daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8)
1913 On this day in history richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia
1913 On August - 08 axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show)
1914 On August - 08 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 On this day in history battle for Mouquet Farm
1916 A's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road on August - 08.
1918 On August - 08 battle for Amiens begins
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