Page 3: Historical Events In August - 02

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

1865  Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" on this day in history.   

1865  Irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism) on August - 02.   

1867  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1872  Judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59 on August - 02.   

1873  The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on August - 02.   

1873  On this day in history 1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

1873  Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1875  1st roller skating rink opens (London) on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot   

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  On this day in history aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)   

1881  On this day in history ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift)   

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  On August - 02 dutch Queen Emma appointed regent   

1886  John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961) on August - 02.   

1887  Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire on this day in history.   

1888  Oscar Rasbach, composer on August - 02.   

1890  On this day in history pauline Hall, composer   

1891  On this day in history arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians)   

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  On this day in history death duties 1st introduced in Britain   

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

1899  On this day in history charles Bennett, screenwriter   

1900  Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause) on August - 02.   

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 August - 02.   

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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 this day in history.   

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

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on August - 02.   

1696  On August - 02 birth of mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia   

1703  On August - 02 birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

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  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on August - 02.   

0924  Death of Ælfweard of Wessex on this day in history.   

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

1075  On this day in history john VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies   

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 this day in history.