When Curtiss realized that aviator Dumanest was approaching him at the same altitude, Curtiss climbed rapidly and soared over the other plane. The first day of automobile racing in the history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was marred by a fatal accident. During the running of a Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race, driver Wilfred Bourque and his mechanic, Harry Holcombe, were killed when their car left the track, struck a fence, and turned over. Louis H. Schwitzer won the very first auto race at the Speedway, an "Indianapolis 5", averaging . The first Indy 500 was held two years later. Miner David Bourne discovered an outcropping of gold and started a rush of mining claims at the city of Jarbidge, Nevada. At its height, the remote Elko County town had 1,200 residents. Born: Jerzy Andrzejewski, Polish author, in Warsaw; (d. 1983) August 20, 1909 (Friday) The earliest known photograph of Pluto was taken, although the astronomers at the Yerkes Observatory did not realize it. Although Pluto was identified as the ninth planet from 1930 until 2006, historians have identified 14 "pre-discoveries". The 1909 Yerkes photos of August 20 and November 11 were identified in 2000. Died: Ludwig Gumplowicz, 72, Austrian social theorist August 21, 1909 (Saturday) Three people were killed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when a blown tire sent a racecar crashed into a crowd of spectators, bringing to seven the number of fatalities in the inaugural three days of auto racing at the Speedway. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung departed from Bremen to make a trip to the United States, on board the liner George Washington, where they would arrive on August 28. With the United Kingdom and Germany spending unprecedented amounts in ship construction, German Chancellor Bethmann-Holweg approached Britain with a proposal for secret negotiations on a naval and political agreement. The talks ended in October. The National Public Assembly of the Ottoman Empire amended the national constitution to make the Grand Vizier, ministers and even the Sultan accountable to Parliament. Born: Nikolay Bogolyubov, Soviet Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician known for the Bogoliubov transformation; in Nizhny Novgorod (d. 1992) C. Douglas Dillon, U.S. Treasury Secretary, 1961–1965; in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2003) Died: George Cabot Lodge, 35, American poet, died of "heart failure due to indigestion" while on vacation August 22, 1909 (Sunday) The first miracle attributed to Joan of Arc took place at Lourdes when Msgr. Leon Cristiani