Historical Events In August - 08

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

1897  On August - 08 jacob Burckhardt, Swiss cultural historian, dies at 79   

1898  Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1901  On this day in history the birth of Ernest Lawrence, US physicist   

1901  On August - 08 ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939)   

1902  On this day in history 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)   

1902  Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933) on this day in history.   

1902  On August - 08 jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies   

1903  On August - 08 3rd Davis Cup: British Isles beats USA in Boston (4-1)   

1903  On August - 08 august Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state   

1904  On August - 08 istvan Szelenyi, composer   

1905  Andre Jolivet, Paris France, composer (L'Eunuque) on August - 08.   

1906  On this day in history andre Demedts, Flemish writer (Rainfall of the Days)   

1907  On this day in history 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  On August - 08 joseph [Maria] Olbrich, architect (Wiener Sezession), dies at 40   

1909  R S Falkiner of Moonbria sheep station in NSW demonstrates first electric sheep-shears on this day in history.   

1909  Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler) on August - 08.   

1910  The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer on this day in history.   

1910  Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962) on this day in history.   

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  On August - 08 rosetta LeNoire, NYC, actor (Grandma Winslow-Family Matters)   

1912  Daniel Mann, Brooklyn, director (Willard, Butterfield 8) on August - 08.   

1913  Richard Corfields "Camel Corps" opens "Mad Mullah" in Burao Somalia on August - 08.   

1913  Axel Stordahl, Staten Island NY, orch leader (Frank Sinatra Show) on August - 08.   

1914  On August - 08 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"   

1914  On August - 08 arthur Holt, politician   

1915  Battle for Sari Bair on August - 08.   

1916  Battle for Mouquet Farm on August - 08.   

1916  On August - 08 a's set AL record with 19th consecutive loss on road   

1918  On August - 08 battle for Amiens begins   

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1079  Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107) was born on August - 08.   

1518  Conrad Lycosthenes, French-born German humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561) was born on August - 08.   

1571  On August - 08 birth of john Ward, composer   

1586  Adolf, earl of Nassau-Siegen was born on August - 08.   

1605  Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, British colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675) was born on August - 08.   

1617  Adriaan W "Joris" van Geel, Flemish missionary (Bantu Dictionary) was born on August - 08.   

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  On August - 08 lotharius II, King of Middle-France (Lotharingen) (855-869), dies   

1445  On August - 08 death of oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer   

1506  On August - 08 sesshu Toyo, Zen monk/painter, dies in Yamaguchi Japan at 86   

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

1555  Death of Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494) on August - 08.   

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

1604  Death of Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578) on August - 08.