Birthdays in History in August 1889
Birthdays by Year
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Birthdays in History
Aug 1 John Friend Mahoney, American physician who pioneered the treatment of syphilis with penicillin, born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (d. 1957)
Aug 1 Walther Gerlach, German physicist who, with Otto Stern, co-discovered spin quantization in a magnetic field (Stern–Gerlach effect), born in Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany (d. 1979)
Aug 5 Conrad P Aiken, American Pulitzer poet/writer (Ushant/Conversation)
Aug 6 George Kenney, American Air Force General (d. 1977)
Aug 6 John Middleton Murry, English poet and literary critic (Between Two Worlds), born in London, England (d. 1957)
Aug 10 Charles Darrow, Inventor (d. 1967)
Aug 12 Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. 1981)
Aug 13 Camillien Houde, French Canadian politician and Mayor of Montreal, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (d. 1958)
Aug 19 Arthur Waley, sinologist, translator from Chinese & Japanese
Aug 23 Alfred Lichtenstein, German writer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1914)
Aug 24 Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congolese religious leader and founder of Kimbanguism, born in Nkamba, Congo (d. 1951)