Historical Events
First Michelin Guide
Aug 1 The 1st Michelin Guide is published by the brothers Édouard and André Michelin as a hotel and restaurant reference guide to encourage more road travel and thus boost tire sales (exact date beyond Aug 1900 unknown)
- Aug 4 An allied expeditionary force, made up of Japanese, Russian, British, French and American troops, sets off from Tientsin for Peking, China, to put down Boxer rebellion
- Aug 5 In Russia, anti-Jewish riots spread from Odessa into other parts of the country
- Aug 7 Diamond workers in Amsterdam strike
- Aug 8 1st International Lawn Tennis Challenge (precursor to Davis Cup) begins at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, won 3-0 by US over British Isles
- Aug 9 1st International Lawn Tennis Challenge, Boston, MA: Dwight Davis & Holcombe Ward beat Ernest Black & Herbert Roper Barrett 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to give US an unassailable 3-0 lead over British Isles
- Aug 14 1st electric tram in Netherland (Leidseplein-Brouwersgracht)
- Aug 15 Russian troops advance further unto Manchuria
- Aug 15 The Boxer Rebellion: In China, the Empress, her family and court retainers flee while foreign troops move through Peking in an attempt to quell the rebellion
- Aug 19 Start of first and only Olympic cricket match in Paris; GB beats France by 158 runs
- Aug 20 Great Britain beats France by 158 runs in Paris; cricket's only appearance at an Olympic Games
- Aug 20 Japan's primary school law is amended to provide for four years of mandatory schooling.
US Men's Tennis Open
Aug 21 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport, RI: Malcolm Whitman beats William Larned 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 to win his third straight US singles title
- Aug 23 National Negro Business League organizes (Boston)
Battle of Bergendal
Aug 27 Battle of Bergendal: General Buller defeats the Boer under General Louis Botha
- Aug 27 Gabriel Fauré's grand cantata "Prométhée" premieres at Arènes de Béziers, France; performance involved almost 800 singers and musicians (including two wind bands and 15 harps) and an audience of 10,000
- Aug 29 Gaetano Bresci, the assassin of King Umberto I of Italy, is tried and sentenced to life imprisonment; he will commit suicide in jail on 22 May 1901
- Aug 30 Last 2,000 British prisoners in Nooitgedagt, South Africa, freed
- Aug 31 British troops over run Johannesburg
- Aug 31 Brooklyn pitcher Brickyard Kennedy walks 6 straight Philadelphia Phillies in 2nd inning of the Superbas' 9-4 loss at Washington Park; Kennedy still achieves his 4th 20-win season
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26), born in Witta, Queensland, Australia (d. 1965)
- Aug 2 Helen Morgan [Riggins], American singer and actress (Applause, Show Boat), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 1941)
- Aug 2 Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor and composer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1977)
- Aug 3 Arnold Struycken, Dutch lawyer, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1955)
- Aug 3 Ernie Pyle, American journalist and war correspondent during WW II (Pulitzer Prize, 1944), born in Dana, Indiana (d. 1945)
John T. Scopes (1900-1970)
Aug 3 American teacher convicted for teaching evolution (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), born in Paducah, Kentucky
- Aug 4 Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina (1963-66), born in Pergamino, Argentina (d. 1983)
- Aug 4 Douglas L. Mays, English cartoonist (Punch), born in Kingston-upon-Thames, England (d. 1991)
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (1900-2002)
Aug 4 British consort of King George VI and Queen Mother after his death, born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
- Aug 5 Bodi Rapp [Johanna Goetmakers], Dutch mezzo-soprano and teacher, born in Almelo, Netherlands (d. 1977)
- Aug 6 Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)
- Aug 8 Josephine Holt Bay, American 1st woman to head a firm on NY stock exchange, born in Iowa (d. 1962)
- Aug 10 Arthur Porritt, New Zealand athlete (Olympic bronze 100m 1924) and 11th governor-general of New Zealand 1967-72, born in Wanganui, New Zealand (d. 1994)
- Aug 11 Alexander Mosolov, Soviet composer (Iron Foundry; Four Newspaper Advertisements; Signal), born in Kyiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1973)
- Aug 11 Charles William Paddock, Texas, American athlete and 100m record breaker (Olympic-2 gold-1920) (d. 1943)
- Aug 11 Philip Phillips, American archaeologist focusing on the Lower Mississippi Valley, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
- Aug 12 Ignacio Prieto [Arrizubieta], Spanish composer, born in Gijón, Spain (d. 1980)
- Aug 13 Gordon Sparling, Canadian pioneering filmmaker (Canadian Cameo series - Canada's first major films with sound), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1994) [1]
- Aug 15 Estelle Brody, American actress (Safari, Kitty, Plaything), born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Aug 16 Walter Kinsella, American actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), born in New York City (d. 1975)
- Aug 17 Quincy Howe, American newscaster (CBS Weekend News), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1977)
- Aug 18 Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist, born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1964)
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900-1990)
Aug 18 Indian diplomat and politician who was the 1st woman to hold a cabinet post in India, born in Allahabad, India
- Aug 18 Walter O'Keefe, American songwriter, radio and TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1983)
- Aug 19 Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (d. 1976)
- Aug 20 Murt [Edward James] O'Donoghue, New Zealand snooker player (1st witnessed 147 break), born in Te Aroha, New Zealand (d. 1994)
- Aug 21 Eileen Percy, Irish silent film actress (Let's Go), born in Belfast, Ireland (d. 1973)
- Aug 22 Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (Russian Language Dictionary), born in Kuvshinovo, Tver Oblast, Russia (d. 1964)
- Aug 23 Ernst Krenek, Austrian-American concert, opera, and electronic music composer (Johnny Spielt Auf: Orpheus and Eurydike; Fibonacci-Mobile), born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1991)
- Aug 23 Malvina Reynolds, American folk singer and songwriter (Morningtown Ride), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1978)
- Aug 24 Preston Foster, American actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), born in Ocean City, New Jersey (d. 1970)
- Aug 25 Hans Krebs, German-British doctor and research biochemist specializing in metabolic reactions (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1953), born in Hildesheim, Germany (d. 1981) [1]
- Aug 25 Mary Bruce, American tap dance teacher, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1995)
- Aug 26 Hellmuth Walter, German engineer and inventor (rocket engines and gas turbines), born in Wedel, Germany (d. 1980)
- Aug 27 Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, Russian composer, teacher, and conductor (Georgian State Orchestra, 1952-65), born in Kvemo-Khviti, Georgia (d. 1965)
- Aug 29 Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building, Centre Pompidou), born in Altona, Hamburg, Germany (d. 1991)
- Aug 30 Franklin Clark Fry, American minister (Lutheran World Relief), born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (d. 1968)
- Aug 31 Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, born in Carrara, Italy (d. 1943)
- Aug 31 Roland Culver, English actor (Thunderball, Encore), born in London, England (d. 1984)
Famous Weddings
Edward L. Doheny
Aug 22 Oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny (44) weds Carrie Estelle Betzold in New Mexico Territory
Famous Deaths
Thomas Elkins (1818-1900)
Aug 10 African American abolitionist and inventor who held patents for a type of furniture called the chamber commode and the Refrigerating Apparatus, dies at around 82 [1]
- Aug 12 James Edward Keeler, American astronomer (rings of Saturn), dies at 42
- Aug 12 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian World Chess Champion (1866-94), dies at 64
Collis P. Huntington (1821-1900)
Aug 13 American business tycoon and railroad executive (Central Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad), dies at 78
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Aug 25 German philosopher and philologist (Übermensch and the doctrine of eternal return), dies of a stroke due to syphilis at 55
