Historical Events in August 1910

Aug 4 MLB pitching duel; Philadelphia A's Jack Coombs and White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 0-0 tie in 16 innings
Aug 6 NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
Aug 8 The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.
Aug 9 Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
Aug 13 Dodgers & Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball & 1 hit by pitch
Aug 14 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, D.C.
Aug 20 US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
Aug 22 Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate
Aug 23 Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh
Aug 25 Yellow Cab is founded.
Aug 25 30th U.S. Men's National Championship: William Larned beats Tom Bundy (6-1, 5-7, 6-0, 6-8, 6-1)
Aug 27 Using twenty 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
Aug 27 Wash Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
Aug 28 Nicholas I of Montenegro again proclaims himself king (first assumed power 1860) after his reign interrupted by Turkish rule
Aug 29 Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.
Aug 30 Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11

Aug 31 Theodore Roosevelt makes a speech in Kansas advocating a 'square deal': property shall be 'the servant and not the master of the commonwealth'