Historical Events In August - 10

1861  Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 on August - 10.  

1862  On August - 10 battle of Nueces River TX  

1865  Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) on this day in history.  

1866  Transatlantic cable laid on August - 10.  

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 August - 10.  

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

1869  On this day in history 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 August - 10.  

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1875  On August - 10 karl (Theodor) Andree, German journalist (Globus), dies at 66  

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

1877  On this day in history 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.  

1877  On this day in history big Hole River: Col John Gibbon murders Nez-Perce indians  

1877  On August - 10 rudolf Hilferding, German economist/SPD-minister of Finance  

1880  Clarence Cameron White, composer on August - 10.  

1881  Albrecht M Sprenger, landbuilder on this day in history.  

1882  Max Kowalski, composer on August - 10.  

1883  First train reaches Calgary on this day in history.  

1883  Carlos Lavin, composer on August - 10.  

1884  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 on this day in history.  

1885  On this day in history leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt)  

1886  On August - 10 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 this day in history.  

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

1888  On August - 10 nY Giant pitcher Tim Keefe sets a 19 game win streak record  

1888  Johanna E F G (Bachigaloupi) Tourniaire, actress (Saint Joan) on August - 10.  

1889  Dan Rylands patents screw cap on this day in history.  

1889  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer on August - 10.  

1891  On August - 10 henry O'Neill, Orange NJ, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble)  

1893  On August - 10 chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act  

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

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 August - 10.  

1360  On August - 10 birth of francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (d. 1417)  

1397  On August - 10 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  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

0794  On this day in history fastrada, 3rd wife of French king Charles the Great, dies at 30  

0955  On this day in history conrad the Red, Duke of Lotharingen, dies in battle  

1002  On August - 10 al-Mansur, Arabic general strategist/regent of Cordoba, dies  

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

1535  Death of Ippolito de' Medici, ruler of Florence (poisoned) (b. 1509) on August - 10.  

1589  Death of Maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49 on August - 10.  

1628  Death of Hans Jonsson, Swedish fleet commander, drowned on August - 10.