Historical Events
Statue of Liberty
Aug 11 $100,000 is raised in the US for the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty
- Aug 14 British Criminal Law Amendment Act raises age of consent from 13 to 16, protects against child prostitution
- Aug 14 Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
US Men's Tennis Open
Aug 22 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Richard Sears wins 5th consecutive US singles title; beats Godfrey M. Brinley 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
Heavyweight History
Aug 29 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between American boxers John L. Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey in Cincinnati, Ohio
Daimler's Motorcycle Patent
Aug 29 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle
- Aug 29 Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0
- Aug 30 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 1 George de Hevesy, Hungarian radiochemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry -1943), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1966) [1]
- Aug 3 Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1962)
- Aug 7 Gordon Harker, British actor (Facts of Love, Champagne, Inspector Hornleigh), born in London, England (d. 1967)
- Aug 12 Alexander Albrecht, Slovak composer, born in Arad, Hungarian Kingdom (now Romainia) (d. 1958)
- Aug 12 Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959)
- Aug 13 C. Howard Crane, American architect (Fox Theatres; Detroit Olympia Stadium; Detroit Opera House; LeVeque Tower (Columbus, Ohio); Earls Court Exhibition Centre (London, England)), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1952)
- Aug 15 Andrey Pashchenko, Russian composer (A Symphonic Mystery, for Theremin and Orchestra), born in Rostov-on-Don (d. 1972)
- Aug 15 Edna Ferber, American author and playwright (American Beauty, Cimarron), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan (d. 1968)
- Aug 15 Mary Nash, American actress (The Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), born in Troy, New York (d. 1976)
- Aug 16 Charles Carson, British actor (Cry the Beloved Country), born in London, England (d. 1977)
- Aug 17 Clara [G Meijer-] Wichmann, German anarchist and feminist (Wife & society), born in Hamburg, Germany (d. 1922)
- Aug 17 Kurt Hiller, German writer, born in Berlin (d. 1972)
- Aug 18 Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and essayist (Henry Handel Richardson: A Study), born in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia (d. 1964)
- Aug 19 Werner Elert, German Lutheran theologian (d. 1954)
- Aug 20 Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti orfici), born in Marradi, Italy (d. 1932)
- Aug 23 Henry Thomas Tizard, English chemist and inventor, born in Gillingham, Kent, England (d. 1959)
- Aug 26 Gene Gauntier [Liggett], American silent film screenwriter and actress, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1966)
- Aug 26 Jules Romains, French novelist, playwright and poet (Men of Good Will), born in Saint-Julien-Chapteuil, France (d. 1972)
- Aug 28 Armas Maasalo, Finnish composer, organist (St. John's Lutheran Church, 1926-58), and pedagogue (Helsinki Church Music Institute, 1914-51), born in Rautavaara, Finland (d. 1960)
- Aug 28 Vance Palmer, Australian author, born in Bundaberg, Australia (d. 1959)
- Aug 31 DuBose Heyward, American novelist (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1940)
Famous Weddings
Arthur Conan Doyle
Aug 5 Author Arthur Conan Doyle (26) weds Louisa Hawkins
Famous Deaths
- Aug 7 Anthony Modderman, Dutch politician (Minister of Justice, 1879-83), dies at 46
- Aug 12 Georg Curtius, German classical linguist, dies at 65
- Aug 12 Helen Hunt Jackson, American author (Ramona), dies at 54
- Aug 20 Edouard J. A. Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42
- Aug 25 Reuben Fenton, American merchant and politician (22nd Governor of New York), dies at 66
- Aug 28 Julius Hopp, Austrian composer, dies at 66
