What Happened In August 1892 In History

Historical Events for August, 1892

• 4th » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
• 9th » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way Telegraphy named telegraph.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1892

• 1st » Kinsan Ginsan or Gin Kanie, Japanese centenarian (d. 2001)
• 1st » Kinsan Ginsan e.g Kin Narita, Japanese centenarian (d. 2000)
• 2nd » Jack Warner, Canadian-American production manager and producer, co-founded Warner Bros. (d. 1978)
• 6th » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)
• 11th » Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)
• 11th » Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)
• 12th » Alfred Lunt, American actor and director (d. 1977)
• 14th » Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)
• 15th » Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
• 16th » Hal Foster, Canadian-American illustrator (d. 1982)
• 16th » Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created 'Felix the Cat' (d. 1983)
• 21st » Charles Vanel, French actor and director (d. 1989)

Famous Deaths for August 1892

• 11th » Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
• 23rd » Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian politician, 1st President of Brazil (b. 1827)
• 29th » William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)

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