(Thursday) Harry K. Thaw, whose 1906 murder of Stanford White created a national sensation, was kept in custody after a judge rejected his bid to be released from a hospital for the criminally insane. Justice Mills of the court in White Plains, New York, concluded that Thaw continued to suffer from paranoia and delusions. Thaw would remain in asylums until 1924, and lived until 1947. The Briggs & Stratton Company began producing its first engines. Died: Besarion Jughashvili, 59, father of Joseph Stalin, died of cirrhosis of the liver August 13, 1909 (Friday) Juan Vicente Gómez was sworn in as the 38th President of Venezuela. As Vice-President, Gomez had been governing the nation since December 19, when President Cipriano Castro had gone to Europe for medical treatment. The towns of Tehachapi, California, and Twisp, Washington, were both incorporated. August 14, 1909 (Saturday) In San Juan County, Utah, the Rainbow Bridge was located by the United States government in an expedition guided by Jim Mike (1872–1977), a Paiute Indian, who had disclosed its existence to William B. Douglas of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. At in length, the Rainbow is the world's longest natural bridge. The first motor race took place at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with motorcycles rather than automobiles. Seven races were held in one day, sanctioned by the Federation of American Motorcyclists. A.G. Chapple won the first race, a five-mile (8 km) handicap limited to private owners. August 15, 1909 (Sunday) A Celtic cross was raised by the Ancient Order of Hibernians in memory of thousands of Irish immigrants who had died on the island after being quarantined there. Isidore Bakanja died in Busira, in the Belgian Congo, six months after severe beating, later described as "the remarkable if not unique case of a native-born African killed by a European and declared a martyr" beatified on April 24, 1994. Pius X became the first Roman Catholic Pope to ride in an automobile. The motor car had been the gift of American Catholics. Died: Euclides da Cunha, 43, Brazilian author known for Os Sertões, was shot and killed in an altercation August 16, 1909 (Monday) The Law of Associations was decreed as part of the Young Turk Revolution within the Ottoman Empire, and it became part of the Constitution five days later. The law provided in part that in order to prevent "the sowing of political division between