Historical Events In August - 08

1896  On this day in history marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Wash DC, writer (Yearling)   

1897  On this day in history 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  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  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  On August - 08 paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933)   

1902  Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies on August - 08.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history 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 August - 08.   

1912  On August - 08 daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8)   

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  On August - 08 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"   

1914  Arthur Holt, politician on August - 08.   

1915  Battle for Sari Bair on August - 08.   

1916  On August - 08 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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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 08.   

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

0117  On August - 08 mark Ulpius Trajanus, adopted son of emperor Nerva/emperor, dies   

0869  Lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1553  Death of Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478) on August - 08.   

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

1588  On August - 08 death of alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter   

1604  On this day in history death of horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)