19th » American Frontier murderer and outlaw John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off-duty policeman in a bar (establishment) or saloon in El Paso, Texas.
31st » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his 'Zeppelin or Navigable Balloon'.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1895
2nd » Matt Henderson, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970)
3rd » Neva Morris, American super-centenarian (d. 2010)
3rd » Marguerite Nichols, American actress (d. 1941)
6th » Ernesto Lecuona, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1963)