Historical Events In August - 01
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1848 On August - 01 františek Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor
1852 On August - 01 sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist
1852 On August - 01 sF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist
1855 Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on this day in history.
1857 Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.
1858 On August - 01 the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass
1858 Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.
1860 On this day in history european and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867.
1861 Brazil recognizes Confederacy on this day in history.
1861 Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on August - 01.
1862 Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on August - 01.
1863 On August - 01 battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign
1863 Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on August - 01.
1864 On August - 01 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.
1867 Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on this day in history.
1867 On August - 01 blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)
1867 On August - 01 william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)
1869 On this day in history first raft voyage down Colorado River
1869 1st voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.
1871 Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.
1873 San Francisco - first cable car begins service on this day in history.
1873 The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on August - 01.
1873 SF's 1st cable car begins service on August - 01.
1876 On this day in history colorado becomes 38th state
1876 On August - 01 wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's
1877 SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.
1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on this day in history.
1881 On this day in history uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay
1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on August - 01.
1882 On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer
1882 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on this day in history.
1883 On this day in history a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)
1883 On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies
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