Today in History for August 1901

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Burial within SF City limits prohibited
5th - Peter O'Connor of Ireland, sets then long jump record at 24' 11 3/4"
6th - Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
9th - 34-35°N/98-99°W open for US colonization
10th - Chic White Sox Frank Isbell strands record 11 teammate base runners
12th - Boer general Kritzinger driven out of Cape colony
14th - SS Islander hits iceberg near Alaska & sinks killing 70
14th - The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
15th - Arch Rock, danger to Bay shipping, blasted with 30 tons of nitro
20th - Fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony
21st - 21st US Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64)
21st - Joe McGinnity, suspended from NL for punching & spitting on an ump
22nd - Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
30th - Hubert Cecil Booth patents vacuum cleaner

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 34 of 34

1st - Pancho Villa, Filipino world boxing champion (d. 1925)
3rd - Bernard Reichel, composer
3rd - John Stennis, (Sen-D-Miss)
3rd - Stefan Wyszynski, Polish cardinal
4th - Louis Armstrong, New Orleans Louisiana, jazz trumpeter (Hello Dolly), (d. 1971)
4th - Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
5th - Juan Carlos Paz, composer
5th - Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (d. 2000)
7th - Ann Harding, American actress (d. 1981)
8th - Ernest O Lawrence, Canton SC, inventor (Cyclotron-Nobel 1939)
9th - Charles Farrell, Cape Cod Mass, actor (Vern-My Little Margie)
13th - Ian Whyte, composer
14th - James Pitman, Bath England, educator/publisher/phonetic speller
15th - Arias Arnulfo, 3 time president of Panama (1940-41, 49-51, 68)
15th - Byron Arnold, composer
15th - Hans Lorbeer, writer
15th - Sulho Ranta, composer
15th - Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975)
20th - Salvatore Quasimodo, Naples Italy, poet/critic/translator (Nobel 1959), (d. 1968)
Author/Poet Salvatore Quasimodo (20th) 23rd - Cecil Rolph Hewitt, journalist/policeman
23rd - John Sherman Cooper, (Sen-Ky)
25th - Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright/director (Tivoli)
26th - Gen Maxwell D Taylor, former US Army chief of staff
26th - Jan de Quay, Dutch minister of war/premier (KVP, 1959-63)
26th - Tullio Campagnolo, Italy, bicycle manufacturer (Fiat)
26th - Chen Yi, Chinese communist military commander and politician (d. 1972)
27th - Al Ritz, [Joaquim], Newark NJ, actor (Ritz Brothers, Hi Ya Chum)
27th - Roger Pryor, NYC, actor (Belle of the Nineties, Identity Unknown)
28th - Cornelis J Kelk, Dutch writer (Dance of Young Feet)
28th - Paul Henry Lang, Budapest, critic/musicologist (NY Herald Tribune)
29th - Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
30th - John C Stennis, (Sen-D-MS, 1947-88)
30th - John Gunther, Chicago Ill, author/host (John Gunther's High Road)
30th - Roy Wilkins, civil rights director (NAACP)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

5th - Victoria, Emperor of Germany/Queen of Prussia, dies at 60
11th - Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82
12th - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832)
15th - Karl Weinhold, Germany, sociologist, dies at 77
17th - Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61
18th - Richard Kleinmichel, composer, dies at 54
22nd - Gunnar Wennerberg, composer, dies at 83
25th - Clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever