439 Historic Events for August 2
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| 1895 |
Birth |
Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test)
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| 1899 |
Birth |
Charles Bennett, screenwriter
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| 1899 |
Birth |
George Malcolm Thomson, journalist
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause)
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| 1900 |
Birth |
Marinus Adam, Dutch conductor/composer
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| 1903 |
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Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
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| 1903 |
Death |
Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies
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| 1905 |
Birth |
Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer
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| 1905 |
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Myrna Loy, Helena Mont, actress (Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair)
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| 1906 |
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Chicago White Sox begin AL record 19 game win streak
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| 1906 |
Birth |
Albert Goodwin, historian
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| 1907 |
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Walter Johnson, 19, debuts with Washington and loses 3-2 to Detroit
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| 1908 |
Birth |
George Kimble, geographer
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| 1909 |
Birth |
Lord Benson, accountant
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| 1909 |
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Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers
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| 1909 |
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1st Lincoln head pennies minted
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| 1910 |
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Lou Zara, NYC, writer (Stump the Authors)
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Lawrence Josset, engraver
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| 1910 |
Birth |
Gertruida EW "Truss" van Aalten, actress (Girl in Blue Hat)
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| 1911 |
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Ha‹ti's dictator Simon flees on US warship near Jamaica
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| 1912 |
Death |
Albert U B††th, Swedish poet (Dikter), dies at 59
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| 1912 |
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18th US Golf Open: John McDermott shoots a 294 at CC of Buffalo NY
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Ann Dvorak, [McKim], NYC, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface)
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| 1912 |
Birth |
Bela Szigeti, theoretical physicist
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| 1912 |
Birth |
George Kimble, geographer
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