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  Ernest C Dowson, British poet on this day in history.   

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

1869  Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on August - 02.   

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

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on August - 02.   

1873  On August - 02 the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

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

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on August - 02.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1877  On August - 02 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

1878  Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales) on this day in history.   

1881  Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift) on this day in history.   

1881  Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on August - 02.   

1882  On this day in history johannes Tralow, writer   

1884  On August - 02 dutch Queen Emma appointed regent   

1886  On this day in history john Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961)   

1887  Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire on this day in history.   

1888  Oscar Rasbach, composer on this day in history.   

1890  Pauline Hall, composer on August - 02.   

1891  Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians) on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator   

1892  On this day in history jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros)   

1894  On this day in history death duties 1st introduced in Britain   

1895  On August - 02 matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test)   

1899  Charles Bennett, screenwriter on August - 02.   

1900  On this day in history helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause)   

1903  On August - 02 unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey   

1903  Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on August - 02.   

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  On August - 02 birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)   

1674  On this day in history birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)   

1696  On August - 02 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  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

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 August - 02.   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.