Historical Events In August - 10

1861  On this day in history nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43  

1862  Battle of Nueces River TX on this day in history.  

1865  On August - 10 alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)  

1866  On August - 10 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 August - 10.  

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 August - 10.  

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

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  Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance on this day in history.  

1880  Clarence Cameron White, composer on August - 10.  

1881  On August - 10 albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder  

1882  Max Kowalski, composer on this day in history.  

1883  First train reaches Calgary on this day in history.  

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  Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) on this day in history.  

1886  On this day in history hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement  

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

1887  On this day in history excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois  

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

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 August - 10.  

1889  Dan Rylands patents screw cap on August - 10.  

1889  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble)  

1893  Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act on August - 10.  

1893  Chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act on August - 10.  

1893  On this day in history douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard)  

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

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 this day in history.  

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)  

1556  On August - 10 birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer  

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

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

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  

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  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on this day in history.  

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on August - 10.  

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