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  Constantine I, king of Greece on August - 02.  

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

1870  On this day in history tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.  

1872  On August - 02 judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59  

1873  The first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on this day in history.  

1873  1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on August - 02.  

1873  On this day in history frank Mori, composer, dies at 53  

1875  1st roller skating rink opens (London) on August - 02.  

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  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 - 02.  

1877  On August - 02 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes  

1878  On August - 02 aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)  

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

1881  On August - 02 marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35  

1882  On this day in history johannes Tralow, writer  

1884  On August - 02 dutch Queen Emma appointed regent  

1886  John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961) on this day in history.  

1887  Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire on August - 02.  

1888  On August - 02 oscar Rasbach, composer  

1890  Pauline Hall, composer on August - 02.  

1891  On August - 02 arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians)  

1892  On August - 02 charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator  

1892  Jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros) on August - 02.  

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

1903  Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey on August - 02.  

1903  Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on August - 02.  

1905  On this day in history karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer  

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.  

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.  

1627  On August - 02 birth of samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter  

1632  On August - 02 birth of kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner)  

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.  

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

1696  On this day in history 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  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on August - 02.  

0640  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on this day in history.  

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

0924  On August - 02 death of Ælfweard of Wessex  

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64  

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on August - 02.  

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

1222  On August - 02 death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)