Page 3: Historical Events In August - 02

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

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

1865  On this day in history irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)   

1867  Ernest C Dowson, British poet on August - 02.   

1868  On August - 02 constantine I, king of Greece   

1869  Alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+ on August - 02.   

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

1872  On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

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

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 this day in history 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  On August - 02 sF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes   

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

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

1881  Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35 on this day in history.   

1882  Johannes Tralow, writer on August - 02.   

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

1886  On August - 02 john Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961)   

1887  On this day in history rowell Hodge patents barbed wire   

1888  Oscar Rasbach, composer on August - 02.   

1890  Pauline Hall, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1892  On this day in history jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros)   

1894  Death duties 1st introduced in Britain on August - 02.   

1895  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test) on this day in history.   

1899  Charles Bennett, screenwriter on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1905  On August - 02 karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer   

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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 August - 02.   

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

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On August - 02 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 August - 02.   

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

1222  On this day in history death of count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156)