Historical Events In August - 01
Friday, 17 May 2024
1848 František Kmoch, Czech composer and conductor on this day in history.
1852 On this day in history sF Methodists establish first black church, Zion Methodist
1852 On August - 01 sF Methodists establish 1st black church, Zion Methodist
1855 Castle Clinton in NYC opens as 1st US receiving station for immigrants on August - 01.
1857 Charles Turner, engraver, dies on this day in history.
1858 On this day in history the first street mailboxes-Boston, Mass
1858 On August - 01 hans Rott, composer
1860 On this day in history european and North American Railway opens from Saint John, NB to Shediac. The line became part of the Intercolonial Railway on July 1, 1867.
1861 On August - 01 brazil recognizes Confederacy
1861 On this day in history sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)
1862 Montague Rhodes James, scholar/author/editor on August - 01.
1863 On August - 01 battle of Little Rock, Arkansas & start of Chattanooga campaign
1863 On this day in history gaston Doumergue, premier/pres of France (1913..34)
1864 On August - 01 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens
1864 Battle of Petersburg, VA on August - 01.
1867 Blacks vote for first time in a state election in South (Tennessee) on August - 01.
1867 Blacks vote for 1st time in a state election in South (Tenn) on August - 01.
1867 On this day in history william Orlamond, Denmark, actor (Flesh & Devil, Wind)
1869 On August - 01 first raft voyage down Colorado River
1869 1st voyage down Colorado River on August - 01.
1871 Oskar Fried, composer on this day in history.
1873 San Francisco - first cable car begins service on this day in history.
1873 On August - 01 the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones
1873 SF's 1st cable car begins service on this day in history.
1876 Colorado becomes 38th state on this day in history.
1876 Wild Bill Hickok shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces & a pair of 8's on August - 01.
1877 SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes on August - 01.
1877 Charlotte Hughes, 1990 (oldest person in Great Britain) on this day in history.
1881 US Quarantine Station authorized for Angel Island, SF Bay on this day in history.
1881 Emilie Rose Macaulay, English writer on this day in history.
1882 Vaclav Klicka, composer on this day in history.
1882 Henry Clarence Kendall, Australian poet, dies of tuberculosis at 43 on this day in history.
1883 On this day in history a papyrus offered to Brit Museum for £10,000 (forgery)
1883 Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, classic scholar, dies on August - 01.
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