Historical Events In August - 02
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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