Page 4: Historical Events In August - 12

1876  Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup on this day in history.   

1876  On August - 12 off Newport Rhode Island, the US yacht Madeleine beats the Countess Dufferin from Toronto in two straight heats in the 4th America's Cup.   

1876  Mary Roberts Rinehart, mystery writer (Miss Pinkerton) on August - 12.   

1877  Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device on this day in history.   

1877  On August - 12 thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device   

1877  On August - 12 james Drummond, historical painter, dies   

1879  On August - 12 first National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

1879  On this day in history the Intercolonial Railway gains access to Quebec by purchasing the Grand Trunk line between Quebec and Rivière du Loup.   

1879  On August - 12 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)   

1880  On this day in history christy Mathewson, HOF baseball pitcher (Won 37 in 1908)   

1881  The birth of Cecil B. De Mille, Hollywood producer/director on August - 12.   

1881  On August - 12 cecil B deMille, Mass, directed God (10 Commandments, Cleopatra)   

1882  Great Western Railway, controlling 1,009 miles of track is merged into the Grand Trunk System on this day in history.   

1883  The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam on August - 12.   

1883  On this day in history jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder (Daily Trouw)/chairman (ARP)   

1883  On this day in history last Quagga, zebra with less slashes (in Artis), dies   

1884  Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 211 at The Oval on this day in history.   

1884  Frank Arthur Swinnerton, England, novelist (Summer Storm, Sanctuary) on this day in history.   

1885  On August - 12 alexander Albrecht, composer   

1885  On August - 12 georg Curtius, German classical/linguist/philologist, dies at 65   

1886  W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, v Aust, The Oval on August - 12.   

1887  Thomas Edison makes the first sound recording on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes first motor tour   

1888  On this day in history bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour   

1888  On this day in history marion Lorne, Phila, actress (Strangers on a Train, Girl Rush)   

1890  On this day in history al Goodman, Nikopol Russia, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour)   

1891  James Russell Lowell, poet/critic/diplomat, dies on this day in history.   

1893  Howard Smith, Attleboro Mass, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel) on this day in history.   

1896  Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson on August - 12.   

1896  Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg on this day in history.   

1897  British naval authorities grant US Navy permission to put battleship 'Indiana' in drydock in Halifax, Nova Scotia on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history manuel Blancafort, composer   

1898  Hawaii formally annexed to US on August - 12.   

1898  On this day in history peace protocol ends Spanish-American War, signed   

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1503  On this day in history birth of christian III, king of Denmark/Norway (1534-59)   

1566  On August - 12 birth of isabella CE, infante of Spain/governess of the Netherlands   

1592  On this day in history birth of willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, Dutch gov (Fort Emmerik/Heusden)   

1604  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. 1651)   

1620  Pieter Cuypers, S Neth lawyer was born on August - 12.   

1626  On this day in history birth of giovanni Legrenzi, composer   

1629  On this day in history birth of tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. 1676)   

1644  Georg Christoph Leuttner, composer was born on this day in history.   

0030  On this day in history death of cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (b. 69 BC)   

0875  On this day in history louis II, king of Italy/emperor of France, dies at about 50   

1158  Anselmus van Havelberg, Brandenburg bshp of Havelberg (1129-55), dies on August - 12.   

1350  Philip VI, king of France, dies on August - 12.   

1424  On August - 12 death of yongle, Emperor of China (b. 1360)   

1484  Sixtus IV, [Francesco della Rovere], Pope (1471-84), dies on this day in history.   

1546  Francisco de Vitoria, Spanish theology/lawyer, dies on August - 12.   

1577  Death of Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) on August - 12.