Historical Events In August - 08
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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