Historical Events In August - 02
Thursday, 04 March 2021
1864 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens on August - 02.
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 On August - 02 ernest C Dowson, British poet
1868 On August - 02 constantine I, king of Greece
1869 On this day in history alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+
1870 Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London on August - 02.
1872 On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59
1873 On August - 02 the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones
1873 On this day in history 1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones
1873 On August - 02 frank Mori, composer, dies at 53
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 On this day in history wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's
1877 SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on this day in history.
1878 On this day in history aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)
1881 Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift) on August - 02.
1881 On this day in history marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35
1882 Johannes Tralow, writer on this day in history.
1884 Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent on August - 02.
1886 John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961) on August - 02.
1887 On August - 02 rowell Hodge patents barbed wire
1888 Oscar Rasbach, composer on August - 02.
1890 On this day in history pauline Hall, composer
1891 Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians) on August - 02.
1892 On this day in history charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator
1892 On August - 02 jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros)
1894 On August - 02 death duties 1st introduced in Britain
1895 On this day in history matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test)
1899 Charles Bennett, screenwriter on August - 02.
1900 Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause) on August - 02.
1903 On August - 02 unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
1903 Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on August - 02.
1905 On August - 02 karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer
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