Page 4: Historical Events In August - 06

1890  Cy Young pitches & wins 1st game on this day in history.   

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

1892  Hoot Gibson, Tekamah NE, western actor (Horse Soldier, Last Outlaw) on this day in history.   

1893  Guthrie McClintic, Seattle Wash, Broadway producer/dir (Winterset) on August - 06.   

1895  George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1896  On August - 06 france annexes Madagascar   

1896  Cyril Mockridge, composer on August - 06.   

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

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

1902  Michal Vilec, composer on this day in history.   

1904  Henry Payne Iba, Easton Mo, US basketball coach (Olympic-gold-64, 68) on August - 06.   

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 August - 06.   

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

1908  St Louis Card John Lush's 2nd no-hitter, beats Dodgers, 2-0 in 6 inn on August - 06.   

1908  George Singer, composer on this day in history.   

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

1910  On this day in history nYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt   

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

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

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

1914  On this day in history ellen Wilson Pres Wilson's wife, dies at 54   

1914  Serbia declares war against Germany on August - 06.   

1914  Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia on August - 06.   

1914  On August - 06 susan Cowdy, ornithologist   

1914  On this day in history ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54   

1915  On this day in history battle of Lone Pine, Gallipoli starts - Seven Australians receive Victoria Crosses   

1915  During World War I, Warsaw falls into German hands on August - 06.   

1916  On this day in history dom[inic] Mintoff, premier Malta   

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 August - 06.   

1917  On this day in history robert Mitchum, Bridgeport Ct, actor (Winds of War, North & South)   

1918  Ferdinand Foch becomes marshal of France on this day in history.   

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

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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  On this day in history birth of barbara Strozzi, composer   

1638  On August - 06 birth of nicolas de Malebranche, French philosopher   

1644  On August - 06 birth of francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc, French mistress of Louis XIV   

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

1651  On August - 06 birth of johann Michael Zacher, composer   

0258  On August - 06 death of sixtus II, bishop of Rome (257-58), beheaded   

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

0966  Death of Berengarius II, markgraaf of Ivrea/king of Italy (950-963) on August - 06.   

1162  On August - 06 death of ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona   

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

1221  On this day in history death of dominicus, Italian religious order founder (Dominicans)   

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

1414  Death of King Ladislas of Naples (b. 1377) on this day in history.