August 1905 calendar

Events

• 06 Aug 1905 26.7 cm rainfall at Princeton, Indiana
• 10 Aug 1905 Russo-Japanese War: peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
• 12 Aug 1905 King Leopold II opens Central Station Antwerp
• 14 Aug 1905 Ngindo-rebellion killed 5 RC German clergymen in East-Africa
• 15 Aug 1905 Philadelphia Athletics Rube Waddell no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 2-0 in five innings.
• 16 Aug 1905 Mbunga-rebellion occupy German post Ifakara East-Africa
• 17 Aug 1905 Dutch government of De Master begins
• 19 Aug 1905 Russian tsar installs Imperial Duma, without legislative powers
• 24 Aug 1905 Chicago Cubs beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings.
• 25 Aug 1905 'Ancient Order of Druids' initiate neo-druidic rituals at Stonehenge in England.
• 29 Aug 1905 Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville
• 30 Aug 1905 Pogoro / Ngindo attack Fort Mahenge German East-Africa
• 31 Aug 1905 25th US Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward

Famous Birthday

• Myrna Loy

  American actress whose political views took her into prominence in UNESCO.

• Dolores del Río

  Mexican-American actress and singer (d. 1983).

• André Jolivet

  French composer (d. 1974).

• Maya Perez

  Guyanan psychic.

• Ada Falcón
• Kurt Gerstein

  German engineer and mining assessor who became a member of the SS Institute of Hygiene though he still had close links to Christian...

• Pierre Klossowski
• Jack Teagarden

  American bandleader, trombonist and vocalist of blues and jazz.

• Duncan Macrae

  Glasgow, Scotland -- Actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped).

• Constant Lambert

  British composer and conductor (Born 1905).

• Jean Gebser

  German-Polish philosopher, poet and linguist.

• Arthur Crudup

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976).

• Karl Amadeus Hartmann

  German composer (Born 1905).

• Isadore I Friz Freleng

  Kansas City, Missouri -- Animator (Warner Bros cartoons).

• Jacques de Menasce

  Composer.

• Richard F Kahn

  Baron of Hampstead / British economist.

• Fitzhugh Lee

  US pilot / Vice-Admiral (WWII, Navy Cross).

• Nicolas Cotoner y Cotoner

  Spanish courtier.

• Bernard Benjamin Gillis

  British judge.

• Michael Scott Montague Fordham

  Jungian analyst / educator.

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Famous Deaths

• Kinjikitile "Bokero" Ngwale

  E African prophet / rebel leader, hanged.

• Jules Oppert

  German Assyriologist (decodes characters), dies at 80.

• Simeon Solomon

  English soldier and painter (d. 1905).

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Arthur Collins - The Preacher and the Bear
2. Corrine Morgan & Haydn Quartet - Dearie
3. Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan - Come Along, Little Girl, Come Along
4. Joe Belmont & Arthur Pryor's Band - The Chirpers
5. Arthur Pryor's Band - In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree