Page 4: Historical Events In August - 10

1861  Nathaniel Lyon, US Union brig-gen, dies in battle at 43 on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history battle of Nueces River TX   

1865  Alexander K Glazunov, St Petersburg Russia, composer (Chopiniana) on August - 10.   

1866  On August - 10 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 August - 10.   

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

1869  Lawrence Binyon, Vienna Austria, poet (Symbolic Wounds) on this day in history.   

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.   

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

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

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  On August - 10 max Kowalski, composer   

1883  On this day in history first train reaches Calgary.   

1883  On this day in history carlos Lavin, composer   

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  Leo Daft opens America's 1st coml operated electric streetcar (Balt) on August - 10.   

1886  Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement on August - 10.   

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

1887  On August - 10 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 August - 10.   

1889  Dan Rylands patents screw cap on August - 10.   

1889  Cecil Armstrong Gibbs, composer on August - 10.   

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

1893  Chinese deported from San Francisco under Exclusion Act on August - 10.   

1893  On August - 10 chinese deported from SF under Exclusion Act   

1893  Douglas Stuart Moore, Cutchogue NY, composer (Good Night Harvard) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1489  On August - 10 birth of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (d. 1553)   

1520  Madeleine de Valois, wife of James V of Scotland (d. 1537) was born on this day in history.   

1556  On August - 10 birth of philipp Nicolai, Germany, theologist/poet/composer   

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

0258  On this day in history death of saint Lawrence, martyr   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1589  On August - 10 death of maarten Schenck Nideggen, Dutch army leader, drowned at about 49   

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