Events in History
- Aug 11 World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport, Rhode Island)
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Aug 20 President Andrew Johnson formally declares US Civil War over
- Aug 23 Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war
Birthdays in History
- Aug 5 Carl Dietrich Harries, German chemist (developed synthetic rubber), born in Luckenwalde, Germany (d. 1923)
- Aug 8 Matthew A Henson, 1st African American to reach North Pole (Jun 4 1909)
- Aug 12 Jacinto Benavente y Martínez, Spanish playwright (Nobel 1922)
- Aug 13 Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman and founder of Fiat (Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino) Automaker, born in Villar Perosa, Italy (d. 1945)
- Aug 14 Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (Prime number theorem), born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1962)
- Aug 17 Mir Mahboob Ali Khan, 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
- Aug 30 Georges Minne, Belgian sculptor, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1941)
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