Births on August 28

Benno Schotz

Born on August 28, 1891

Benno Schotz, Estonian-Scottish sculptor and engineer (d. 1984)

Benno Schotz (28 August 1891 Arensburg, Livonia, Russian Empire – 11 October 1984 Glasgow, Scotland) was an Estonian-born Scottish sculptor, and one of twentieth century Scotland's leading artists.

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Events on 1891

10 Mar

Strowger switch
Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
15 May

Rerum novarum
Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
20 May

Kinetoscope
History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

Births on August 28

Benno Schotz

Born on August 28, 1891

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Events on 1891

Strowger switch

Rerum novarum

Kinetoscope