Historical Events In August - 01
Monday, 20 March 2023
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 this day in history.
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 Brazil recognizes Confederacy on this day in history.
1861 Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's) on this day in history.
1862 Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on this day in history.
1863 Battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign on August - 01.
1863 Gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34) on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA on this day in history.
1867 Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on this day in history.
1867 On August - 01 blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn)
1867 William Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind) on this day in history.
1869 On this day in history first raft voyage down Colorado River
1869 On August - 01 1st voyage down Colorado River
1871 Oskar Fried, composer on August - 01.
1873 San Francisco - first cable car begins service on this day in history.
1873 On this day in history the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones
1873 On this day in history sF's 1st cable car begins service
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 August - 01.
1877 On August - 01 charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain)
1881 On August - 01 uS Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay
1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on this day in history.
1882 Vaclav Klicka, composer on August - 01.
1882 On August - 01 henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43
1883 On August - 01 a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)
1883 On this day in history karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies
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