Historical Events
Bennington Battle Monument
Aug 16 President Benjamin Harrison attends the dedication of the Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington, Vermont
Motion Picture Camera
Aug 24 Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera
- Aug 31 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Defending champion Oliver Campbell beats Clarence Hobart 2-6, 7-5, 7-9, 6-1, 6-2; second of 3 straight titles
Famous Birthdays
- Aug 2 Arthur Bliss, English composer (Olympians), born in London, England (d. 1975)
- Aug 2 Mihail Jora, Romanian composer, born in Roman, Romania (d. 1971)
- Aug 2 Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian and linguist, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1971)
- Aug 3 Leslie Henson, English comedian and actor (Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey), born in Notting Hill, London (d. 1957)
- Aug 5 Donald Kerr, American actor (Carnival Lady, Devil Bat), born in Eagle Grove, Iowa (d. 1977)
- Aug 6 William Slim, British general (d. 1970)
- Aug 8 Adolf Busch, German-Swiss violinist (Busch Quartet, 1920-51), conductor (Lucerne Festival; Marlboro Festival), and composer, born in Siegen, Germany (d. 1952)
- Aug 9 (Marcus) "Max" Tak, Dutch violinist and radio commentator, born in Amsterdam (d. 1967)
- Aug 10 Henry O'Neill, American actor ("Lady Killer"; "Nothing But Trouble"), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 1961)
- Aug 12 John McDermott, American golfer (US Open 1911, 1912), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1971) [1]
- Aug 14 Marinus de Jong, Dutch composer, born in Oosterhout, Netherlands (d. 1984)
Bugs Moran (1891-1957)
Aug 21 American gangster of the Prohibition-era, born in St. Paul, Minnesota
- Aug 21 Emiliano Mercado del Toro, World's oldest living man 2004-2007, born in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico (d. 2007)
- Aug 22 Francis McDonald, American actor (Will-Adv of Champion), born in Bowling Green, Kentucky (d. 1968)
- Aug 22 Jacques Lipchitz, Polish-French-American painter and cubist sculptor, born in Druskininkai, Lithuania (d. 1973)
- Aug 24 Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, Russian composer, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1969)
- Aug 24 Germaine Loosveldt, Flemish actress (Kniertje in On hope), born in Halluin, France (d. 1960)
- Aug 25 Alberto Savinio [Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico], Italian composer (Capitano Ulisse), born in Athens (d. 1952)
- Aug 25 Luis Iruarrizaga Aguirre, Basque priest, organist and religious music composer, born in Yurre, Viscaya, Spain (d. 1928)
- Aug 25 Samuel Gardner, American composer, born in Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine (d. 1984)
- Aug 26 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch writer and literary critic, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1970)
- Aug 26 Ferdinand Bruckner [Theodor Tagger], Austrian-German playwright (Races), born in Sofia, Bulgaria (d. 1958)
- Aug 28 Stanley Andrews, American actor (Mr. Deeds Goes to Town), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1969)
- Aug 29 Michael Chekhov, Russian-American actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1955)
Famous Deaths
- Aug 2 George Washington Williams, American historian (History of the Negro Race in America), dies from tuberculosis and pleurisy at 41
- Aug 5 Henry Litolff, French composer and pianist, dies at 73
- Aug 12 James Russell Lowell, American poet, critic and diplomat (Biglow Papers), dies at 72
- Aug 14 Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricket all-rounder (Aboriginal tour of England 1868), dies at 50
- Aug 14 Sarah Childress Polk, Wife of the 11th President of the United States, James K. Polk (1845-1849), dies at 87
- Aug 22 Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834)
- Aug 29 Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)