Page 3: Historical Events In August - 02
Sunday, 15 June 2025
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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