Today in History for August 1910
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 15 of 15
4th - A's Jack Coombs & White Sox Ed Walsh pitch a 16 inn scoreless tie
6th - NYC Mayor Wm J Gaynor seriously wounded during assassination attempt
8th - The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.
9th - Alva Fisher patents electric washing machine
13th - Dodgers & Pirates play to 8-8 tie, both have 38 at bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, 2 errors, 5 strikeouts, 3 walks, 1 pass ball & 1 hit by pitch
14th - 6th International Congress of Esperantists held in Washington, DC
20th - US supported opposition brings down Madriz in Nicaragua
22nd - Japan annexes Korea after 5 years as a protectorate
23rd - Fred Clarke makes a record 4 outfield assists for Pittsburgh
25th - 30th US Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61)
25th - Yellow Cab is founded.
27th - Using 20, 137,000 candlepower arc lights, 2 amateur baseball teams play a night game at White Sox Park
27th - Wash Red Killefer sacrifices record 4 times against Detroit
29th - Japan changes Korea's name to ChÅsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.
30th - Yank Tom Hughes pitches 9 no-hit innings but loses to Cleve 5-0 in 11
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 44 of 44
1st - Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)
1st - William Hayter, diplomat
1st - Walter Scharf, American composer (d. 2003)
2nd - Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat)
2nd - Lawrence Josset, engraver
2nd - Lou Zara, NYC, writer (Stump the Authors)
2nd - Roger MacDougall, writer (d. 1993)
4th - William H Schuman, NYC, composer (Amer Festival Overture, Juilliard)
4th - Anita Page, American actress (d.2008)
5th - Jacquetta Hawker, English archaeologist/author (A Country)
5th - Nan Gindele, US javelin thrower (World Record 1932-38)
5th - [Johan] Erik Lindegren, Swedish poet/librettist (Aniara)
6th - Charles Crichton, British director (Battle of Sexes)
6th - Friedrich Schroder, composer
6th - William J Law, sailor
8th - Francisco Brochado Da Rocha, PM of Brazil (1962)
8th - Sylvia Sidney, Bronx NY, actress (WKRP, Sabotage, Beetlejuice, Demon)
9th - Robert H van Gulik, Dutch diplomat/writer (Judge Ti)
10th - Angus Campbell, US, psychologist (Elections & Political Order)
11th - Denis Moloney, NZ cricket all-rounder (1937 England tour)
12th - Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary (Natl Assn of Women)
12th - Heinrich Sutermeister, Swiss composer (Romeo & Juliet)
12th - Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. 2006)
12th - Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (d. 1970)
14th - Pierre Schaeffer, French engineer/composer
15th - Hugo Winterhalter, composer
15th - Josef Klaus, Chancellor of Austria (1966-70)
15th - Signe Hasso, actress (QB VII, Taxi 13, Black Bird, Crisis)
16th - Mae Clarke, Phila, actress (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl)[or 1907]
17th - Eric Aaltonen, composer
17th - J A Manusama, Moluccan politician
17th - R Peyrefitte, writer
18th - Charles Wegg-Prosser, solicitor
18th - Herman Berlinski, composer
19th - Quentin Bell, artist author/teacher
20th - Eero Saarinen, Finnish/US architect (IBM Building, MIT Chapel)
23rd - Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (d. 1979)
24th - Bernhard Heiden, composer
25th - J B Charles, [Willem H Nagel], criminologist/writer
25th - Pierre Musy, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1936)
27th - Mother Teresa, [Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu], Yugoslavia (Nobel 1979)
28th - Tjalling Koopmans, Dutch-born economist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
29th - Robert Pineda-Duque, composer
30th - Donald Bisset, Dutch children book writer/actor (Battle of the Sexes)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 13 of 13
3rd - Nicolas Kinet, Belgian pilot, dies
5th - Wojciech Gawronski, composer, dies at 42
13th - Florence Nightingale, English nurse, dies at 90
16th - Charles Ferdinand Lenepveu, composer, dies at 69
20th - Arthur Coquard, composer, dies at 64
22nd - George Palmer, cricketer (17 Tests for Aust 1880-86, 78 wickets), dies
26th - William James, American psychologist and philosopher (b. 1842)
27th - Clement of Maasdijk, 1st Dutch aircraft death
29th - Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
29th - Johann O Backlund, Swedish astronomer, dies at 64
29th - John YWJ Eilerts de Cock, sea officer (Suriname), dies at 44
30th - Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Napoleon), dies at 57
31st - Emils Darzins, composer, dies at 34
