Historical Events In August - 10
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1861 On August - 10 nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43
1862 Battle of Nueces River TX on August - 10.
1865 On August - 10 alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)
1866 Transatlantic cable laid on this day in history.
1866 Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria on August - 10.
1867 On this day in history ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867
1869 O B Brown patents moving picture projector on this day in history.
1869 On August - 10 lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds)
1874 On this day in history the birth of Herbert Hoover, Former (31st) President of the US
1874 Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933) on this day in history.
1875 Karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66 on this day in history.
1876 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada on this day in history.
1877 First use of the telephone to dispatch trains. This was at the Caledonia Mine at Glace Bay on the Sydney Mines Railway. One of the owners was Gardiner G. Hubbard who was the father in law of Alexander Graham Bell who installed two telephones to control train movements on this day in history.
1877 Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians on this day in history.
1877 Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance on August - 10.
1880 Clarence Cameron White, composer on this day in history.
1881 On August - 10 albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder
1882 On this day in history max Kowalski, composer
1883 On this day in history first train reaches Calgary.
1883 On this day in history carlos Lavin, composer
1884 On this day in history in New York City, a 5.5 earthquake caused large cracks in walls at Amityville and Jamaica (intensity VII). The shock was felt strongly at New York City
1885 Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) on August - 10.
1886 Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement on August - 10.
1886 Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on August - 10.
1887 Excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois on August - 10.
1887 On August - 10 excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois)
1888 NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record on August - 10.
1888 Johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan) on this day in history.
1889 Dan Rylands patents screw cap on this day in history.
1889 Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer on this day in history.
1891 On August - 10 henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble)
1893 Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act on this day in history.
1893 On this day in history chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act
1893 Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard) on August - 10.
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