Page 4: Historical Events In August - 10

1861  On August - 10 nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43   

1862  On August - 10 battle of Nueces River TX   

1865  On this day in history alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana)   

1866  On this day in history transatlantic cable laid   

1866  Transatlantic cable laid-Pres Buchanan spoke to Queen Victoria on August - 10.   

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

1869  O B Brown patents moving picture projector on this day in history.   

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

1874  On this day in history the birth of Herbert Hoover, Former (31st) President of the US   

1874  Herbert Clark Hoover, West Branch Iowa, (R) 31st Pres (1929-1933) on this day in history.   

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

1876  1st phone call between Brantford & Paris, Canada on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1877  Big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians on August - 10.   

1877  On this day in history rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance   

1880  Clarence Cameron White, composer on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder   

1882  Max Kowalski, composer on this day in history.   

1883  On August - 10 first train reaches Calgary.   

1883  Carlos Lavin, composer on August - 10.   

1884  On August - 10 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  On this day in history leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)   

1886  On this day in history hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement   

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

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois on August - 10.   

1887  Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) on August - 10.   

1888  NY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record on August - 10.   

1888  On this day in history johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan)   

1889  On August - 10 dan Rylands patents screw cap   

1889  On this day in history cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer   

1891  Henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble) on this day in history.   

1893  Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act on this day in history.   

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

1893  On this day in history douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard)   

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1267  King James II of Aragon (d. 1327) was born on this day in history.   

1296  On August - 10 birth of john the Blind, King of Bohemia/Count of Luxembourg   

1360  Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417) was born on August - 10.   

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 August - 10.   

1520  On August - 10 birth of madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537)   

1556  Philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer was born on this day in history.   

1560  Hieronymus Praetorius, composer was born on August - 10.   

0258  Death of Saint Lawrence, martyr on this day in history.   

0794  On August - 10 fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30   

0955  On August - 10 conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle   

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

1250  On August - 10 death of erik IV Plovpenning, king of Denmark, murdered   

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 this day in history death of hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned