Today in History for August 1902

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 9 of 9

1st - Building begins on Dutch public housing
1st - Mine accident in Wollongong, Australia (100 die)
4th - The Greenwich foot tunnel under the River Thames opens.
8th - 2nd Davis Cup: USA beats British Isles in New York (3-2)
9th - Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria
9th - Edward VII is crowned king of the United Kingdom.
13th - England beat Australia by one wicket at The Oval Famous victory
22nd - Pres Teddy Roosevelt became 1st US chief executive to ride in a car
31st - Split skirt 1st worn by Mrs Adolph Landeburg (horse rider)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 41 of 41

1st - Hendrik J Kruls, Neth, general/chief military authority (1944-46)
1st - Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor
2nd - Helen Morgan, American actress (d. 1941)
3rd - Habib Bourguiba, 1st president of Tunisia (1957-87)
3rd - Judson Laire, NYC, actor/singer (Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue)
3rd - Ray Block, France, orchestra leader (Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason)
3rd - Regina Jonas, German first woman rabbi (d. 1944)
4th - Wild Bill Hallahan, American baseball player (d. 1981)
6th - Michal Vilec, composer
6th - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory) [OS]
6th - Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)
8th - Paul Dirac, Bristol, physicist (quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933), (d. 1984)
9th - Zino Francescatti, Marseilles France, violinist (NY Phil-1939)
10th - Norma Shearer, Canadian actress (d. 1983)
10th - Curt Siodmak, German-born author (d. 2000)
10th - Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1971)
11th - Christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu)
11th - Lloyd Nolan, SF California, actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place)
11th - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureat Paul Dirac (8th) 13th - Bartoes, [Albertus J Wijstma], cabaret performer/comic
13th - Felix Wankel, Germany, inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine)
13th - Lord Sainsbury of Drury Lane, president (J Sansbury Pics)
13th - Regis Toomey, Pitts Pa, actor (Burke's Law, Petticoat Junction)
15th - Jan RT Campert, writer (Song the 18 dead)
16th - Georgette Heyer, England, novelist (Friday's Child)
16th - Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, composer
18th - Julius Kalas, composer
18th - Adamson-Eric, Estonian painter (d. 1968)
19th - Ogden Nash, Rye NY, humorous poet (I'm a Stranger Here Myself)
19th - Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright (Ultimatum Factory) [NS]
19th - J. B. L. Reyes, Filipino jurist (d. 1994)
20th - Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner
21st - Renato Fasano, composer
22nd - Leni Riefenstahl, [Helene Bertha Amalie], Germany, actress (Tiefland)
22nd - Roy Armstrong, English historian (History of Sussex)
22nd - Thomas Pelly, American politician (d. 1973)
24th - Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization & Capitalism)
24th - Carlo Gambino, Sicilian-born American mafioso (d. 1976)
25th - Stefan Wolpe, Berlin Germany, composer (Zeus & Elidco)
27th - Herbert Menges, composer
30th - Arnold Maria Walter, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 5 of 5

1st - Ludwig Beckmann, painter, dies
3rd - August Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer, dies at 54
8th - Jean Y Y Tissot, French painter/illustrator, dies
10th - George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies
31st - Mathilde Wesendonk, German author/poetess, dies at 73