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Events in History

  • Aug 1 Building begins on Dutch public housing
  • Aug 1 Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia (100 die)
  • Aug 4 The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens

Royal Coronation

Aug 9 Edward VII of Great Britain crowned King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, succeeding his mother Queen Victoria

King of England Edward VII

Teddy Goes for a Spin

Aug 22 US President Theodore Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car

26th US President Theodore Roosevelt
  • Aug 31 Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (a horse rider)

Birthdays in History

  • Aug 1 Hendrik Johan Kruls, Dutch general and chief military authority (1944-46), born in Amsterdam (d. 1975)
  • Aug 1 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor (d. 1994)
  • Aug 3 Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87), born in Monastir, Regency of Tunisia (d. 2000)
  • Aug 3 Regina Jonas, German first woman rabbi, born in Berlin, German Empire (d. 1944)
  • Aug 4 Clara Peller, Russian-American manicurist and commercial spokesperson (Wendy's - "Where's the beef?"), born in Imperial Russia (d. 1987)
  • Aug 5 Irene Rice Pereira, American abstract artist, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 1971)
  • Aug 6 Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)

Paul Dirac (1902-1984)

Aug 8 English physicist (quantum electrodynamics, Nobel 1933), born in Bristol, England

Paul Dirac
  • Aug 10 Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
  • Aug 11 Christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu), born in Paris, France (d. 1991)
  • Aug 13 Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury, British business executive, born in London (d. 1998)
  • Aug 13 Felix Wankel, German inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine), born in Lahr, Germany (d. 1988)
  • Aug 15 Jan Campert, Dutch resistance fighter and poet (Song the 18 dead), born in Spijkenisse, Netherlands (d. 1943)
  • Aug 16 Georgette Heyer, English novelist (Friday's Child), born in Wimbledon, London (d. 1975)
  • Aug 18 Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter, born in Tartu, Estonia (d. 1968)
  • Aug 19 J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Aug 19 American humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself, Masquerade Party), born in Rye, New York [1]

Ogden Nash
  • Aug 19 Vladimir Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory), born in Nalchik, Russia (d. 1938) [NS]
  • Aug 20 Ernest Marke, Sierra Leonean seaman and club owner (d. 1995)
  • Aug 22 Jack Roy Armstrong, English historian (History of Sussex), born in Broadstairs, Kent (d. 1993)
  • Aug 22 Thomas Pelly, American politician, born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1973)

Carlo Gambino (1902-1976)

Aug 24 Italian-born American mafioso (Gambino family), born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Carlo Gambino
  • Aug 24 Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civilization & Capitalism), born in Luméville, France (d. 1985)

Deaths in History

  • Aug 1 Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies
  • Aug 7 Rudolf von Bennigsen, German lawyer and politician, dies at 78
  • Aug 8 James Tissot, French painter and illustrator, dies at 65
  • Aug 9 Moritz Szeps, Austrian journalist and newspaper publisher, dies at 66
  • Aug 31 Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73

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