Page 4: Historical Events In August - 10

1861  Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 on August - 10.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Nueces River TX   

1865  On this day in history alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)   

1866  On this day in history transatlantic cable laid   

1866  On this day in history transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria   

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history o B Brown patents moving picture projector   

1869  Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds) on this day in history.   

1874  The birth of Herbert Hoover, Former (31st) President of the US on this day in history.   

1874  Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933) on this day in history.   

1875  On August - 10 karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66   

1876  On this day in history 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada   

1877  On August - 10 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.   

1877  On August - 10 big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians   

1877  On this day in history rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance   

1880  Clarence Cameron White, composer on this day in history.   

1881  Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder on this day in history.   

1882  On August - 10 max Kowalski, composer   

1883  On this day in history first train reaches Calgary.   

1883  Carlos Lavin, composer on this day in history.   

1884  On August - 10 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  On August - 10 leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)   

1886  On August - 10 hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement   

1886  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on August - 10.   

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois on August - 10.   

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) on this day in history.   

1888  On August - 10 nY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record   

1888  On August - 10 johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)   

1889  On this day in history dan Rylands patents screw cap   

1889  On August - 10 cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer   

1891  Henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble) on August - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on this day in history.   

1296  On this day in history birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg   

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on this day in history.   

1397  On this day in history birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)   

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on August - 10.   

1520  On August - 10 birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)   

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on this day in history.   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on this day in history.   

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.   

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on August - 10.   

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.   

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on August - 10.   

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered   

1535  On this day in history death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)   

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

1628  On this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned