Today in History for August 1895
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Months in 1895: January February March April May June July September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 8 of 8
10th - 1st Queen's Hall Promenade Concerto (Wagners "Rienzi")
19th - American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas.
20th - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Norwood Builder" (BG)
26th - Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam
27th - 15th US Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64)
29th - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.
30th - Belgium begins compulsory Roman Catholic education
31st - 1st pro football game (QB John Brallier paid $10 & won 12-0)
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 22 of 22
1st - Benjamin E Mays, SC, black educator (Morehouse, Howard University)
2nd - Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test)
3rd - Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
7th - Edward Gill, baseball player
8th - Law Pendleton, US, wrestler/actor (Laughing Lady)
9th - Fred Badcock, cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches)
9th - Nat Pendleton, Davenport IA, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless)
10th - Michail M Soschtschenko, Russian author
10th - Hammy Love, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
13th - Bert Lahr, [Irving Lahrheim], US comic/actor (Lion-Wizard of Oz)
13th - Robert Burton, actor (Dr Gordon-Kings Row)
14th - Jack Gregory, cricketer (Australian all-rounder of post-WWI years)
16th - Jacinto Guerrero, composer
16th - Lucien Littlefield, San Antonia Tx, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie)
16th - Albert Cohen, Swiss novelist (d. 1981)
16th - Liane Haid, Austrian actress (d. 2000)
19th - Andrzejewski, writer
19th - Arnoldt Bronnen, writer
22nd - Paul White, Bangor Maine, composer (Adante & Rondo for Cello)
22nd - Paul Comtois, French Canadian politician (d. 1966)
24th - Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (d. 1970)
31st - Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger, composer
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 5 of 5
5th - Friedrich English, German textile manufacturer/marxist, dies
6th - George Frederick Root, composer, dies at 74
13th - Christian B Freiherr von Tauchnitz, German publisher (T Edition), dies
19th - John Wesley Hardin, American gunfighter (b. 1853)
24th - John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74
