Historical Events In August - 01
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
1848 František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on this day in history.
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 On this day in history castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants
1857 On this day in history charles Turner, engraver, dies
1858 The first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass on August - 01.
1858 Hans Rott, composer on this day in history.
1860 On August - 01 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 On this day in history brazil recognizes Confederacy
1861 Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on August - 01.
1862 Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign
1863 On this day in history gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34)
1864 On this day in history 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.
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 this day in history.
1867 On this day in history 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 August - 01.
1873 On August - 01 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 SF's 1st cable car begins service on August - 01.
1876 Colorado becomes 38th state on this day in history.
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 SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.
1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on August - 01.
1881 On this day in history uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay
1881 On August - 01 emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer
1882 On August - 01 vaclav Klicka, composer
1882 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on this day in history.
1883 On August - 01 a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)
1883 On August - 01 karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies
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