Page 3: Historical Events In August - 02

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

1865  On this day in history lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"   

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

1867  On August - 02 ernest C Dowson, British poet   

1868  Constantine I, king of Greece on August - 02.   

1869  On August - 02 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  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 this day in history 1st roller skating rink opens (London)   

1876  On August - 02 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 August - 02.   

1878  Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales) on this day in history.   

1881  On August - 02 ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift)   

1881  Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on August - 02.   

1882  Johannes Tralow, writer on August - 02.   

1884  Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history john Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961)   

1887  On August - 02 rowell Hodge patents barbed wire   

1888  On August - 02 oscar Rasbach, composer   

1890  On this day in history pauline Hall, composer   

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

1892  Charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator on August - 02.   

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

1894  On August - 02 death duties 1st introduced in Britain   

1895  On August - 02 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  Stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies on this day in history.   

0640  On this day in history severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  John V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies on this day in history.   

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  Abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on this day in history.   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on this day in history.