Page 4: Historical Events In August - 05

1901  On August - 05 peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4"   

1901  On this day in history juan Carlos Paz, composer   

1901  Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60 on August - 05.   

1904  On this day in history kenneth Thimann, botanist   

1905  On August - 05 norway cuts diplomatic ties with Sweden   

1906  The birth of John Huston, American film director on August - 05.   

1906  Francis Walder, [Francois Waldburger], Belgian author on this day in history.   

1907  On August - 05 ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter   

1907  Gentil T Antheunis, Flemish poet/music/composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam   

1909  On this day in history canadian Pacific completes the Kicking Horse grade relocation on the main line between Hector and Field, B.C. by substituting two spiral tunnels and lengthened line on a grade of 2.2% compensated, for the old "Big Hill" straight grade of 4.5%.   

1910  Jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author (A Country) on this day in history.   

1910  On August - 05 wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42   

1911  Robert Taylor, Filley Neb, actor (Death Valley Days) on this day in history.   

1912  On August - 05 japan's first taxicab service begins in Ginza, Tokyo.   

1913  Nelly Aenders, [Petronella Meyer], Dutch actress (Spanish Fly) on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history first German vessel captured in Australian waters in Port Phillip Bay   

1914  On August - 05 first traffic light installed in Cleveland Ohio   

1914  US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US on August - 05.   

1914  On August - 05 uSA declares itself neutral as Germany declares war on the Soviet Union   

1914  1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland) on August - 05.   

1914  Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse) on August - 05.   

1915  German troops over run Warsaw on August - 05.   

1916  On August - 05 george Sainton Kaye Butterworth, composer, dies at 31   

1917  On this day in history british troops attack canal of Ypres in Boesinghe Belgium   

1920  On August - 05 g V [Sonny] Montgomery, (Rep-D-Mississippi, 1967- )   

1921  On August - 05 first radio baseball broadcast   

1921  1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-0 (KDKA, Pitts) on this day in history.   

1921  On August - 05 nazar Mohammad, cricketer (Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st centurion)   

1922  On August - 05 l. Tom Perry, LDS apostle   

1923  First American to swim the English Channel (Henry Sullivan) on this day in history.   

1923  1st American to swim English Channel (Henry Sullivan) on this day in history.   

1923  Richard Kleindienst, attorney general (1972) on August - 05.   

1924  On this day in history comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," first shown   

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1301  On August - 05 birth of edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician (d. 1330)   

1397  Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish composer and theorist (d. 1474) was born on this day in history.   

1461  On August - 05 birth of alexander Jagiellon, Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1506)   

1540  Joseph Justice Scaliger, proposed Julian dating was born on this day in history.   

1604  On August - 05 birth of john Eliot, "Apostle to Indians," Bible translator, baptized   

1607  Philipp Friedrich Boddecker, composer was born on August - 05.   

1623  On August - 05 birth of antonio Cesti, composer   

1624  On August - 05 birth of william, Jamestown Va, 1st black child born in English America   

0882  On August - 05 death of king Louis III of France (b. 863)   

1063  Death of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd on August - 05.   

1157  Dirk VI, Count of Holland, dies on August - 05.   

1364  On this day in history death of emperor Kogon of Japan (b. 1313)   

1572  Death of Isaac Luria, Palestinian-born Kabbalist (b. 1534) on this day in history.   

1579  On this day in history death of stanislaus Hosius, Polish Catholic cardinal (b. 1504)   

1610  Death of Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and twice Royal Governor of Chile on this day in history.   

1644  J Henry Alting, theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61 on August - 05.