Historical Events In August - 10

1861  On this day in history nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43  

1862  On this day in history battle of Nueces River TX  

1865  On August - 10 alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)  

1866  Transatlantic cable laid on this day in history.  

1866  Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria on this day in history.  

1867  Ira Aldridge, famed Shakespearean actor (Othello, Shylock), dies 1867 on this day in history.  

1869  On August - 10 o B Brown patents moving picture projector  

1869  On August - 10 lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds)  

1874  The birth of Herbert Hoover, Former (31st) President of the US on August - 10.  

1874  Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933) on August - 10.  

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1875  On this day in history karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66  

1876  On August - 10 1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada  

1877  First use of the telephone to dispatch trains. This was at the Caledonia Mine at Glace Bay on the Sydney Mines Railway. One of the owners was Gardiner G. Hubbard who was the father in law of Alexander Graham Bell who installed two telephones to control train movements on August - 10.  

1877  On August - 10 big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians  

1877  Rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance on this day in history.  

1880  On this day in history clarence Cameron White, composer  

1881  Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder on August - 10.  

1882  Max Kowalski, composer on this day in history.  

1883  First train reaches Calgary on this day in history.  

1883  On August - 10 carlos Lavin, composer  

1884  On this day in history in New York City, a 5.5 earthquake caused large cracks in walls at Amityville and Jamaica (intensity VII). The shock was felt strongly at New York City  

1885  Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) on this day in history.  

1886  Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement on this day in history.  

1886  Eduard Grell, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1887  On this day in history excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois  

1887  On August - 10 excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois)  

1888  NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record on this day in history.  

1888  Johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan) on this day in history.  

1889  Dan Rylands patents screw cap on August - 10.  

1889  On this day in history cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer  

1891  Henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble) on August - 10.  

1893  On this day in history chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act  

1893  On this day in history chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act  

1893  Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard) on August - 10.  

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1267  On August - 10 birth of king James II of Aragon (d. 1327)  

1296  John the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg was born on this day in history.  

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on this day in history.  

1397  On this day in history birth of albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1439)  

1489  Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553) was born on this day in history.  

1520  On this day in history birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)  

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on August - 10.  

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on this day in history.  

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on August - 10.  

0794  Fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30 on this day in history.  

0955  Conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle on August - 10.  

1002  Al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies on this day in history.  

1250  Death of Erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered on August - 10.  

1535  On this day in history death of ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509)  

1589  On this day in history death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49  

1628  On August - 10 death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned