Historical Events In August - 02

1864  On this day in history 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens  

1865  On August - 02 lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"  

1865  On August - 02 irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)  

1867  Ernest C Dowson, British poet on August - 02.  

1868  On August - 02 constantine I, king of Greece  

1869  On this day in history alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+  

1870  On August - 02 tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.  

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history frank Mori, composer, dies at 53  

1875  On August - 02 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 this day in history.  

1876  On August - 02 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  Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales) on this day in history.  

1881  Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift) on August - 02.  

1881  Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.  

1882  Johannes Tralow, writer on this day in history.  

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 August - 02.  

1888  On this day in history oscar Rasbach, composer  

1890  On August - 02 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 this day in history jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros)  

1894  Death duties 1st introduced in Britain on August - 02.  

1895  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test) on August - 02.  

1899  Charles Bennett, screenwriter on this day in history.  

1900  On August - 02 helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause)  

1903  Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey on this day in history.  

1903  On August - 02 martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies  

1905  Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer on this day in history.  

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1455  On August - 02 birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)  

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1627  On this day in history birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter  

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.  

1672  On this day in history birth of johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733)  

1674  On August - 02 birth of philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723)  

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies  

0686  On this day in history john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies  

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on August - 02.  

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on August - 02.  

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.  

1100  On August - 02 death of william II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44  

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.