Page 4: Historical Events In August - 02

1906  Chicago White Sox begin record 19 game win streak on this day in history.   

1906  Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak on August - 02.   

1906  On this day in history albert Goodwin, historian   

1907  Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington & loses 3-2 to Detroit on this day in history.   

1908  On August - 02 george Kimble, geographer   

1909  Army Air Corps formed as Army takes first delivery from Wright Brothers on August - 02.   

1909  On this day in history the first Lincoln head pennies minted   

1909  1st Lincoln head pennies minted on August - 02.   

1909  Lord Benson, accountant on August - 02.   

1910  Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history haiti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica   

1912  18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY on August - 02.   

1912  On this day in history ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface)   

1913  On August - 02 lord Benson, accountant   

1914  On this day in history sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place   

1914  Belgian govt receives German ultimatum on this day in history.   

1914  Felix Leclerc, composer on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 02 gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36   

1915  On August - 02 johan Limpers, sculptor/resistance fighter   

1916  World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto on August - 02.   

1916  Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury NY, actress (Poltergeist, Nun's Story) on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history hamish MacCunn, composer, dies at 48   

1918  On this day in history japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.   

1919  John Pinkerton, compuer scientist on this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history marcus Garvey presents his "Back To Africa" program in NYC   

1920  On August - 02 louis Pauwels, writer/editor   

1921  On this day in history enrico Carus opera singer tenor, died   

1921  Chicago jury brings in not guilty verdict against the Black Sox on August - 02.   

1921  On this day in history enrico Caruso, Italian opera singer, dies at 48   

1921  On this day in history enrico Carus opera singer: tenor, died   

1922  On this day in history china, hit by a typhoon; about 60,000 die   

1922  On this day in history carroll O'Connor, NYC, actor (All in the Family, Heat of the Night)   

1922  On this day in history alexander Graham Bell, Scottish/US physicist (telephone), dies   

1923  On August - 02 brian Neill, Lord Justice of Appeal   

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1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.   

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

0257  On August - 02 stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.