Events in History
- Aug 2 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
- Aug 4 Giuseppe Sarto elected Pope Pius X, known as the 'pope of the poor and humble'
- Aug 4 Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto of Venice elected Pope Pius X
- Aug 12 The Japanese Minister to Russia presents a note to the Russian Government protesting against its failure to evacuate Manchuria
- Aug 17 Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America
- Aug 23 6th Zionist Congres, Theodor Herzl declares Jewish state
- Aug 29 The Finance Minister, Count Witte, is dismissed in what is seen as a victory for those in Russia who want their country to expand into Manchuria and Korea in defiance of the Japanese
Birthdays in History
- Aug 1 Paul Horgan, American novelist (Mountain Standard Time), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1995)
Louis Leakey
Aug 7 Louis Leakey, British paleoanthropologist and archaeologist ((Olduvai Gorge; 1964 Richard Hooper Medal), born in Kabete, Kenya (d. 1972)
- Aug 8 August Cool, Belgian union leader/minister of state
- Aug 11 Michael Whalley Wickham, artist
- Aug 12 Frances Clode, CEO (WRVS)
- Aug 14 John Ringling North, American circus director (Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1937-43), born in Baraboo, Wisconsin (d. 1985)
- Aug 14 Ronald Stewart, CEO (London Brick Co)
- Aug 19 James Gould Cozzens, American novelist (1949 Pulitzer-Guard of Honor), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1978)
- Aug 22 René Wellek, Czech-American writer (Concepts of Criticism), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995)
- Aug 23 Mauritius van Haegendoren, Flemish historian and senator, born in Leuven, Belgium (d. 1994)
- Aug 24 Karl Hanke, Official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Nazi Germany, born in Lubań, Poland (d. 1945)
- Aug 27 Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles), born in Mexico City, Mexico (d. 1950)
- Aug 28 Bruno Bettelheim, Austrian-American psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1990)
- Aug 29 Ernst Kreuder, German writer (The Attic Pretenders), born in Zeitz, Germany (d. 1972)
- Aug 31 Vladimir Jankélévitch, French philosopher, born in Bourges, France (d. 1985)
Deaths in History
Calamity Jane
Aug 1 Calamity Jane [Martha Jane Canary], American frontierswoman, dies at 51
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Aug 22 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1885-86, 1886-92 and 1895-1902), dies at 73
- Aug 23 Paul Gabriël, Dutch water colors painter and etcher, dies at 75
Frederick Law Olmsted
Aug 28 Frederick Law Olmsted, American writer and landscape architect (designed Central Park), dies at 81
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