invoked her blessing upon Miss Therese Belin, curing her of tuberculosis. Joan of Arc would be canonized on May 16, 1920. Born: Mel Hein, NFL lineman for the New York Giants, 1931-1945, later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame; in Redding, California (d. 1992) August 23, 1909 (Monday) Bill Bergen, a catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, threw out six batters on the base paths in a game against St. Louis, a record that still stands. The city of La Center, Washington, was incorporated. August 24, 1909 (Tuesday) Construction began on the locks of the Panama Canal, with the pouring of concrete at Gatun, using stone from Portobelo and sand from Nombre de Dios. Work began on the locks at Pedro Miguel on September 1 and at Miraflores in July 1910. August 25, 1909 (Wednesday) The United States Army selected the site for the world's first military airfield, signing a lease of a tract of flat land at College Park, Maryland. Training of the first two Army pilots began there on October 8. Born: Ruby Keeler, Canadian singer and film actress; in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, as Ethel Hilda Keeler (d. 1993) Michael Rennie, English actor known for portraying Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still); as Eric Alexander Rennie in Idle, West Yorkshire (d. 1971) August 26, 1909 (Thursday) The youth hostel movement got its start when a group of hikers, led by teacher Richard Schirrmann, found shelter from a thunderstorm in a school classroom. Reasoning that each village in Germany had a school, Schirrmann proposed that these provide accommodation to students during the holidays. The first hostel would open in 1912 at Altena. Sailing in the Gulf of Mexico, the S.S. Cartago telegraphed a wireless report of a hurricane near the Yucatán Peninsula, marking the first radio warning of a tropical storm. Swiss paleontologist Otto Hauser discovered a complete skeleton of a prehistoric man at Combe-Capelle in France, along with stone tools. Originally dated at 35,000 years of age, the Combe-Capelle skull was believed to have been the earliest homo sapiens in Europe, but forensic testing in 2011 revealed that the skeleton dates to about 7575 BC. The town of Ridgefield, Washington, was incorporated. Born: Jim Davis, American TV actor known for portraying Jock Ewing on Dallas); as Marlin Davis in Edgerton, Missouri (d. 1981) August 27, 1909 (Friday) Officers in Athens led a coup in Greece;