What Happened In August 1890 - Historical Events 1890 August

Historical Events for August, 1890

6th » At Auburn Correctional Facility called Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be Capital punishment or executed by electric chair.
7th » Anna Månsdotter becomes the last woman in Sweden to be executed, for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.

2nd » Marin Sais, American actress (d. 1971)
4th » Dolf Luque, Cuban baseball player and manager (d. 1957)
5th » Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1977)
5th » Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1956)
7th » Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American activist (d. 1964)
10th » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 1954)
13th » Ellen Osiier, Danish fencer (d. 1962)
15th » Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian (d. 2006)
15th » Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962)
17th » Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)
17th » Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
18th » Walther Funk, German economist and politician (d. 1960)
20th » H. P. Lovecraft, American author and poet (d. 1937)
22nd » Cecil Kellaway, South African-American actor and singer (d. 1973)
23rd » Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded 'Newsday' (d. 1971)
24th » Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (d. 1968)
24th » Jean Rhys, Dominican-English author (d. 1979)
26th » Tommy Andrews (cricketer) called Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (d. 1970)
27th » Man Ray, American-French photographer and painter (d. 1976)

2nd » Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b. 1813)
6th » William Kemmler, American murderer (b. 1860)
11th » John Henry Newman, English cardinal (b. 1801)
14th » Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (b. 1852)