Historical Events In August - 02

1864  On August - 02 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 this day in history.  

1868  On this day in history constantine I, king of Greece  

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 August - 02.  

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

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  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 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  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  On August - 02 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 August - 02.  

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

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  On August - 02 pauline Hall, composer  

1891  Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1900  Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)  

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

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on August - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  Severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies on August - 02.  

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  On August - 02 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  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.  

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