August August 4, 1910 Anita Page, aka Anita Evelyn Pomares American silent film actress, was born. August 4, 1910
August August 12, 1888 Bertha Benz drives round trip from Mannheim to Pforzheim in the first long distance automobile trip. August 12, 1888
August August 1, 1911 Harriet Quimby passes her pilot's test becoming the first first woman in the United States to receive an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate August 1, 1911