Page 3: Historical Events In August - 02

1864  On August - 02 2nd Saratoga Racetrack (NY) opens   

1865  Lewis Carroll publishes "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history irving Babbitt, US writer (Rousseau & Romanticism)   

1867  On August - 02 ernest C Dowson, British poet   

1868  Constantine I, king of Greece on this day in history.   

1869  On August - 02 alexandrine Tinne, Dutch explorer/photographer, murdered at 30+   

1870  Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London on this day in history.   

1872  On this day in history judocus Smits, Dutch RC newspaper publisher (De Tijd), dies at 59   

1873  On August - 02 the first trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones   

1873  1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny & Jones on this day in history.   

1873  On August - 02 frank Mori, composer, dies at 53   

1875  1st roller skating rink opens (London) on August - 02.   

1876  Wild Bill Hickok draws the Dead Man's Hand - a pair of aces and a pair of eights, when he was shot on this day in history.   

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 August - 02.   

1881  On August - 02 ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift)   

1881  On August - 02 marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35   

1882  On this day in history johannes Tralow, writer   

1884  On August - 02 dutch Queen Emma appointed regent   

1886  John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator ( d. 1961) on August - 02.   

1887  Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire on this day in history.   

1888  On this day in history oscar Rasbach, composer   

1890  On this day in history pauline Hall, composer   

1891  Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians) on August - 02.   

1892  On this day in history charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator   

1892  On August - 02 jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros)   

1894  On this day in history death duties 1st introduced in Britain   

1895  Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test) on this day in history.   

1899  On August - 02 charles Bennett, screenwriter   

1900  Helen Morgan, [Riggins], US, singer/actress (Applause) on this day in history.   

1903  On August - 02 unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey   

1903  Martha Jane Cannary, [Calamity Jane], US desperado, dies on this day in history.   

1905  Karl Amadeus Hartmann, composer on August - 02.   

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1455  Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (d. 1588) was born on August - 02.   

1627  Samuel Dircksz van Hoogstraten, Dutch painter was born on this day in history.   

1632  Kaspar von Stieler, German poet (Teutsche Wolredner) was born on August - 02.   

1672  Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (d. 1733) was born on August - 02.   

1674  Philip II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Mahmud I, Sultan of Ottoman (Turkey) (1730-54)/fought Austria & Russia was born on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history birth of lorenzo Ricci, Italian Jesuit leader (d. 1775)   

0257  On this day in history stefanus I, bishop of Rome (254-57)/heretic fighter, dies   

0640  On August - 02 severinus, Italian Pope (640), dies   

0686  On August - 02 john V, 1st Greeks-Syrian Pope (685-86), dies   

0924  On this day in history death of Ælfweard of Wessex   

1002  On this day in history abu Amir Mohammed ibn Abd allah ibn Mohammed ibn Abi Amir, dies at 64   

1075  John VIII Xiphilinus, theologian/patriarch of Constantinople, dies on this day in history.   

1100  Death of William II, [Rufus], king of England, shot in New Forest at 44 on August - 02.   

1222  Death of Count Raymond VI of Toulouse (b. 1156) on August - 02.