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Historical Events

Results 1 - 100 of 127

1st - British fleet reaches Scapa Flow
1st - Emperor Wilhelm II declares war on his nephew tsar Nicolas II (WW I)
1st - France & Germany mobilize
1st - Trois Vierges: German 69th infantry regiment enter Luxembourg Germany declares war on Russia in WW I
2nd - Belgian govt receives German ultimatum
2nd - German press falsely reports that French bombed Nuremberg
2nd - German troops overthrows Luxembourg
2nd - Germany & Turkey signs secret treaty
2nd - Great Britain mobilizes
2nd - Postdam Conference ended
2nd - Russian troops invade Eastern Prussia
2nd - Sherlock Holmes Adventure "His Last Bow" takes place
3rd - 1st seaworthy ship through Panama Canal
3rd - Belgium rejects demand to allow free crossing for German army
3rd - French fleet sails to North-Africa
3rd - German battle cruiser Goeben leaves Messina
3rd - Germany invades Belgium & declares war on France in WW I
3rd - Great Britain declares war on Germany
3rd - Turkey signs military pact with Germany
3rd - World Alliance for Promoting Intl Friendship through Churches forms
3rd - Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning
4th - German army shoots Belgian priests/burns down village of Battice
4th - German fleet under admiral Souchon fire on Algerian coast
4th - Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany
4th - King Albert I becomes supreme commander of Belgian army
4th - Lord Kitchener becomes British minister of War
4th - US declares neutrality in WW I
5th - 1st traffic light installed (Euclid Ave & E 105th St, Cleveland)
5th - Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico & Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I
5th - Dutch Cort Van de Linden govt issues silver bonds as money
5th - Massive German assault on forts around Luik
5th - Montenegro declares war against Austria-Hungary in World War I
5th - US beats Australia, 3-2, to win Davis Cup
5th - US, Nicaragua sign treaty granting canal rights to US
5th - Westerschelde leaves due to German invasion in Belgium
6th - Austria-Hungary declares war on Russia & Serbia
6th - French cavalry enter Belgium
6th - German Zeppelin bombs Liege City, 9 killed
6th - Serbia declares war against Germany
6th - Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I.
7th - British Gloucester vs German Breslau/Goeben off Greece
7th - French govt awards king Albert of Belgium the Great Cross
7th - French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Altkitrch at Elzas
7th - German army occupies city of Liege Belgium
7th - Lord Kitchner says "Your country needs you," poster spreads over UK
8th - 3rd pole expedition Ernest Shackleton "Endurance"
8th - French troops under Gen Bonneau occupy Mulhouse at Elzas
8th - Montenegro declares war on Germany
9th - German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser
10th - At Luik, German 12"/16.5" guns reach Belgian boundary
10th - German battle cruiser Goeben reaches Dardanellen/Turkey joins Germany
10th - German troops reconquer Mulhouse in Elzas
10th - Royal Nationally Steuncomite forms
11th - France declares war on Austria-Hungary
11th - Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland
11th - John Wray patents animation
11th - Mitchenick Poland, expels Jews
12th - Cavalery battle at Halen, Belgium ("Battle der Zilveren Helmen")
12th - German 16.5"/12" guns fires on forts round Luik
12th - Great Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary
12th - Russian troops take East-Prussia & occupy Marggrabowa
13th - -14] German army occupies forts at Luik
13th - Carl Wickman begins Greyhound, the 1st US bus line, in Minnesota
13th - France declares war on Austria-Hungary, leading to WW I
14th - British field marshal John French & Gen Wilson land in France
15th - 13th Davis Cup: Australasia beats USA in New York (3-2)
15th - Dinant Belgium destroyed by German bombs
15th - German assault at Dinant: Lt Charles de Gaulle (24), injured
15th - Japan joins side of allies
15th - Panama Canal opens (under cost)
15th - A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground.
16th - German army occupies last fort at Luik, Belgian general Leman caught
16th - Zapata & Pancho Villa over run Mexico
16th - World War I: Battle of Cer begins.
17th - French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy Chateau Salins
17th - Lithuiana surrenders to Germans
18th - -20] Belgian army withdraws to Antwerp
18th - French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg
18th - Pres Wilson issues "Proclamation of Neutrality"
19th - Elmer Rice' "On Trial," premieres in NYC
19th - German army executed 150 Belgians by firing squad
19th - German fleet bombs English coast
19th - Harris Theater (Candler, Coan & Harris) opens at 226 W 42nd St NYC
20th - German General von Bulow executes 211 Belgians
20th - -24] Battle of Bounderies: Lorraine, Ardennen, Sambre & Meuse, Mons
20th - Battle at Gumbinnen, East-Prussia: Russian beat Germans
20th - Battle at Morhange: German troops chase French, killing 1000s
20th - Bavarian troops kill 50 inhabitants of Nomeny France
20th - German army captured Brussels as the Belgian army retreated to Antwerp
21st - 20th US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 290 at Midlothian CC Ill
21st - Belgium: German troops occupy Tamines
21st - French offensive in the Ardennen/Sambre
22nd - Battle at Charleroi begins: Gen von Bulows troops beat French
22nd - 1st encounter between British & German troops (in Belgium)
22nd - Battle in Ardennen: Neufchateau, Rossignal, Tintigny & Virton
22nd - Canada's Finance Act, 1914, receives assent
22nd - General Martos' troops occupy Soldau/Neidenburg East Prussia
22nd - German troops execute 384 inhabitants of Tamines Belgium
22nd - Von Ludendorff & von Hindenburg move into E Prussia enroute to Russia
23rd - -24] German troops plunder Belgium

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 42 of 42

1st - Jack Delano, composer
2nd - Felix Leclerc, composer
2nd - Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor (Young Dr Kildare, All About Eve)
2nd - Ismond Rosen, psychoanalyst/artist
2nd - Beatrice Straight, American actress (d. 2001)
3rd - Rick Slabbinck, Flemish painter
4th - Rik Slabbinck, Flemish painter
5th - Anita Colby, Wash DC, model/actress (Pepsi Cola Playhouse)
5th - David Brian, NYC, actor (Accussed of Murder, Dawn at Sorocco)
5th - Stjepan Sulek, Croatian violinist/composer (Coriolan)
6th - Susan Cowdy, ornithologist
6th - Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1980)
7th - Ted Moore, South Africa, cinematographer (James Bond)
8th - Arthur Holt, politician
9th - Ferenc Fricsay, Hungarian conductor
9th - Gordon Cullen, architect
9th - Tove Jansson, Finnish author (Moomins) (d. 2001)
9th - Joe Mercer, English footballer (d. 1990)
10th - Jeff Corey, NYC, actor (Getting Straight, Superman & Mole Men)
10th - Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)
11th - José Silva, American parapsychologist (d. 1999)
12th - [Hendrik] Jan Bakker, Dutch resistance fighter/journalist (Parool)
12th - Gerd Buchdahl, German philosopher (d. 2001)
12th - Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (I'll Never Smile Again) (d. 1981)
13th - Richard Basehart, actor (Voyage to Bottom of the Sea)
13th - Luis Mariano, Basque operetta singer (d. 1970)
14th - Sydney Wooderson, miler (world record 1937)
15th - Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer
16th - Tullio Pandolfini, Italy, water polo (Olympic-gold-1948)
17th - Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55)
19th - Fumio Hayasaka, composer
19th - Lajos Baróti, Hungarian footballer (d. 2005)
20th - Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach (Olympic-gold-1936)
21st - Dallas Pratt, collector
21st - Doug Wright, cricketer (England's leg-spinning genius of 30's & 40's)
25th - Alexei Haieff, Blagovestchensk Siberia, composer (Princess Zondilda)
26th - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
27th - Catherine Marshall, editor/writer
28th - Glenn Osser, Munising Mich, orch leader (Paul Whiteman Goodyear Revue)
30th - Julie Bishop, Denver CO, actress (My Hero, Northern Pursuit, Threat)
30th - Rafael Jose Luis Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur
31st - Richard Basehart, Zanesville Oh, actor (Voyage to Bottom of Sea)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 21 of 21

2nd - Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont, composer, dies at 36
4th - Jules Lemaître, French critic and dramatist (b. 1853)
6th - Ellen Wilson, 1st lady (1913-14), dies at 54
7th - B B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies
7th - Boleslaw Dembinski, composer, dies at 81
12th - John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies
15th - Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Baba yaga), dies at 59 [NS=Aug 28]
17th - James Grierson, British general
19th - Franz Xavier Wernz, German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1844)
20th - Pius X, [Giuseppe M Sarto], Pope (1903-14), dies
22nd - Raffenel, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle
22nd - Rondoney, French general (3rd Colonial Div, WW I), dies in battle
22nd - Giacomo Radini-Tedeschi Italian religious figure
23rd - Felix Fivet, Belgian baby, executed by German troops at 3 weeks
23rd - George A Pogson, British consul in Puerto Rico, dies
27th - John Weiss, German new testament, dies
28th - Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]
28th - Anatoli Liadov, composer, dies at 59
29th - ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle
30th - Adrian H Stewart, British lieutenant, dies in battle in Cameroon at 26
30th - Aleksandr Samsonov, Russian general, commits suicide