Historical Events
Event of Interest
Aug 10 Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (future Pope John XXIII) becomes a priest
- Aug 10 Battle of the Yellow Sea: Japanese fleet prevented Russians breaking out of Port Arthur
- Aug 10 Dutch newspaper Volk fires gay journalist Jacob de Cock
Sports History
Aug 10 NY Highlanders pitcher Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games in a 5-1 loss to Chicago White Sox at South Side Park, Chicago
- Aug 11 German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
- Aug 11 The Russian fleet in the harbor of at Port Arthur is exposed to Russian guns on the hill above the harbor; Russian ships attempt escape, but most are forced back into harbor by Japanese ships
- Aug 16 NYC begins building Grand Central Station
- Aug 17 Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0
- Aug 17 George H. Reid succeeds John Watson as Prime Minister of Australia
First Labour Government
Aug 18 Chris Watson resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by George Reid
Jeffries TKOs Munroe
Aug 25 Champion James J. Jeffries scores a 2nd round TKO win over Jack Munroe in San Francisco; Jeffries retires after his 7th heavyweight boxing title defense
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 Eli Mintz [Edward Satz], Polish-American stage and screen actor (The Goldbergs; Boardwalk), born in Lemberg, Austrian-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) (d. 1988)
- Aug 3 Clifford D. Simak, American sci-fi author (Hugo, Empire, Way Station), born in Millville, Wisconsin (d. 1988)
- Aug 3 Dolores del Rio, Mexican silent screen actress (Deseada, Bugambilia), born in Durango, Mexico (d. 1983)
- Aug 4 Helen Kane [Schroeder], American actress (Heads Up, Pointed Heels), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1966)
- Aug 4 Joe Tate, English footballer, born in Old Hill, Cradley Heath, England (d. 1973)
- Aug 4 Theodore Newton, American actor (Ace of Aces, Voltaire), born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey (d. 1963)
- Aug 4 Witold Gombrowicz, Polish author (Ferdydurke, Pornography), born in Małoszyce, Russian Empire (d. 1969)
- Aug 5 Kenneth Thimann, English American botanist (Balzan Prize), born in Ashford, England (d. 1997)
- Aug 6 Ballard Berkeley [Blascheck], British actor (Fawlty Towers, East meets West, The BFG), born in Margate, Kent, England (d. 1988)
- Aug 6 Henry Iba, American Basketball HOF coach (Olympic gold 1964, 68; NCAA C'ship 1945, 46 Oklahoma State Uni) and executive (AD Oklahoma State 1935-70), born in Easton, Missouri (d. 1993)
Ralph Bunche (1904-1971)
Aug 7 American diplomat, UN delegate and 1st person of color to win the Nobel Peace Prize (1950), born in Detroit, Michigan
- Aug 8 (William) Elmo Tanner, American big band singer, whistler (Ted Weems Orchestra - "Heartaches"), bandleader, and DJ, born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 1990)
- Aug 8 Achille Varzi, Italian auto racer (14 Grand Prix wins), born in Galliate, Italy (d. 1948)
- Aug 8 István Szelényi, Hungarian pianist and composer, born in Altsohl, Austria-Hungary (d. 1972)
- Aug 10 Geraldo [Gerald Walcan Bright], British "sweet music" dance band bandleader (Gaucho Tango Orchestra), born in London, England (d. 1974)
- Aug 11 Jess Stacy, American jazz pianist (Benny Goodman, 1935-39; the Great Gatsby), born in Bird's Point, Missouri (d. 1995)
Alexei Nikolaevich (1904-1918)
Aug 12 Last Tsarevich of Russia and son of Tsar Nicholas II, born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Aug 12 Frank Ervin, American harness racer (Hambletonian 1959, 66) (d. 1991)
- Aug 12 Kay Campbell [Catherine Hibben], American actress (All My Children), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1985)
- Aug 13 Charles "Buddy" Rogers, American musician and actor (An Innocent Affair, Wings), born in Olathe, Kansas (d. 1999)
- Aug 13 Humphrey Waldock, British lawyer (UN International Law Commission, 1961-72), and jurist (European Court of Human Rights, 1966-74; International Court of Justice, 1973-81), born in Colombo, Ceylon (d. 1981)
- Aug 15 Bill Baird, American puppeteer (Kukla Fran & Ollie, Muppet Show), born in Grand Island, Nebraska (d. 1987)
- Aug 16 Wendell Stanley, American biochemist, first to crystallize a virus (Nobel 1946), born in Ridgeville, Indiana (d. 1971)
- Aug 17 John Hay Whitney, American financier, diplomat and publisher of the NY Herald Tribune (1961-67), born in Ellsworth, Maine (d. 1982) [1]
- Aug 17 Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist (International Bruckner Society; Mozart's Requiem), and educator (Vienna University, 1932-73), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1991)
- Aug 17 Mary Cain, American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984)
- Aug 18 W. Sterling Cole, American politician (Rep-R-NY, Director International Atomic Energy Agency), born in Painted Post, New York (d. 1987)
- Aug 18 [Francis] Max Factor, American CEO of Max Factor Cosmetics, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1996)
- Aug 19 June Collyer, American actress (Before Midnight, Charley's Aunt), born in New York City (d. 1968)
- Aug 20 Jaap [Jacobus Albertus Wilhelmus] Burger, Dutch politician and chairman (PvdA), born in Willemstad, Netherlands (d. 1986)
Count Basie (1904-1984)
Aug 21 Jazz pianist, organist, and bandleader ("One O'Clock Jump"; "April In Paris"), born in Red Bank, New Jersey
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997)
Aug 22 Chinese revolutionary and paramount leader of China (1978-92), born in Guang'an, Sichuan
- Aug 24 (Henry) "Buster" Smith, American jazz alto saxophonist, arranger, and bandleader (Blue Devils; Count Basie), born in Alfdorf, Texas (d. 1991)
- Aug 24 Rodd Redwing, American actor (Buffalo Bill In Tomahawk Territory; Son Of Geronimo), and stunt coach, born in New York City [or maybe India] (d. 1971)
- Aug 26 Christopher Isherwood, English novelist (Goodbye to Berlin), born in High Lane, Cheshire (d. 1986)
- Aug 27 Norah Lofts, British author (The Town House), born in Shipdham, Norfolk, England (d. 1983)
- Aug 28 Secondo Campini, Italian jet engine pioneer, born in Bologna, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1980)
- Aug 29 Werner Forssmann, German urologist (Nobel 1956), born in Berlin (d. 1979)
Famous Weddings
Hermann Hesse
Aug 2 Novelist Hermann Hesse (27) weds Maria Bernoulli
Famous Deaths
- Aug 4 Arnold Krug, German composer, dies at 54
- Aug 6 Eduard Hanslick, German music critic, dies at 78
- Aug 9 Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum), dies at 59
- Aug 10 Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French politician (29th Prime Minister of France), dies at 57
- Aug 12 William Renshaw, British tennis player (Wimbledon, 1881-86, 1889 (singles); 1884-86, 1888-89 (doubles, with twin brother Ernest), dies of epileptic convulsions at 43
- Aug 22 Kate O'Flaherty Chopin, American writer, dies at 54
- Aug 25 William Hall, Canadian Royal Naval sailor (b. 1827)
- Aug 29 Murad V, 33rd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876), dies at 63
- Aug 30 Kate Fanny Loder, English composer and pianist, dies at 79
