Historical Events In August - 01
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1848 František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on August - 01.
1852 On this day in history sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist
1852 SF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist on August - 01.
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 The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1862 Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on this day in history.
1863 Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on August - 01.
1863 Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on this day in history.
1864 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens on August - 01.
1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA on this day in history.
1867 Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on this day in history.
1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) on August - 01.
1867 On August - 01 william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)
1869 First raft voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.
1869 1st voyage down Colorado River on this day in history.
1871 Oskar Fried, composer on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history san Francisco - first cable car begins service
1873 On August - 01 the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones
1873 On this day in history sF's 1st cable car begins service
1876 On August - 01 colorado becomes 38th state
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 - 01.
1877 On August - 01 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes
1877 On August - 01 charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)
1881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay on August - 01.
1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history vaclav Klicka, composer
1882 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on August - 01.
1883 A papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery) on this day in history.
1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on this day in history.
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