Historic Event
Aug 1 Cecil Rhodes' colonists reach Lundi
- Aug 5 British and French accord to divide African colonization
- Aug 6 At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the 1st person to be executed by electric chair
- Aug 9 First 44 Javans arrive in Suriname to work 5 years on sugar plantations
- Aug 14 Cecil Rhodes' colonists reach Mashonaland (Fort Victoria)
- Aug 16 Alexander Clark, journalist and lawyer, named minister to Liberia
- Aug 27 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Oliver Campbell beats 2-time defending champion Henry Slocum 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Historic Event
Aug 30 President Benjamin Harrison signed the first U.S. law requiring inspection of meat products
