16th » Keish known as Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
23rd » Officially recognised date of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the start of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila (actual date and location is disputed).
27th » Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (09:00 to 09:45), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
30th » Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines known as Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
Famous Birthdays on August in 1896
2nd » Gustav Ernesaks (weightlifter) called Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian weightlifter (d. 1932)
2nd » Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960)
3rd » Ralph Horween, American football player and coach (d. 1997))
8th » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953)
9th » Erich Hückel, German physicist and chemist (d. 1980)
9th » Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist and philosopher (d. 1980)