Historical Events In August - 02

1864  2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens on this day in history.   

1865  Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)   

1867  On August - 02 ernest C Dowson, British poet   

1868  On this day in history constantine I, king of Greece   

1869  Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on this day in history.   

1870  Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

1873  The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on August - 02.   

1873  1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on August - 02.   

1873  On this day in history frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

1875  1st roller skating rink opens (London) on this day in history.   

1876  Wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot on August - 02.   

1876  Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's on August - 02.   

1877  On this day in history sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

1878  On August - 02 aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)   

1881  On August - 02 ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift)   

1881  On August - 02 marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35   

1882  Johannes Tralow, writer on August - 02.   

1884  On this day in history dutch Queen Emma appointed regent   

1886  On August - 02 john Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961)   

1887  On August - 02 rowell Hodge patents barbed wire   

1888  On this day in history oscar Rasbach, composer   

1890  On this day in history pauline Hall, composer   

1891  On this day in history arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians)   

1892  Charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator on August - 02.   

1892  Jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros) on this day in history.   

1894  On August - 02 death duties 1st introduced in Britain   

1895  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test) on this day in history.   

1899  Charles Bennett, screenwriter on this day in history.   

1900  Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause) on August - 02.   

1903  Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey on August - 02.   

1903  On August - 02 martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies   

1905  On August - 02 karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history birth of theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588)   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on this day in history.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  On this day in history birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  Lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775) was born on August - 02.   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  On this day in history death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.