439 Historic Events for August 2
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| 1873 |
Death |
Frank Mori, composer, dies at 53
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| 1873 |
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1st trial run of SF cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones
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| 1876 |
Death |
Wild Bill Hickok, shot dead (from behind) by Jack McCall while playing poker. He held a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's
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| 1877 |
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SF Public Library opens with 5,000 volumes
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Princess Ingeborg, of Sweden
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| 1878 |
Birth |
Aino J M Kallas, Finnish writer (White Ship, Estonian Tales)
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| 1881 |
Death |
Marcus Andrews Hislop Clarke, author (His Natural Life) at 35
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Ethel Mary Dell, English author (Storm Drift)
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| 1881 |
Birth |
Stanislaw Kazuro, composer
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| 1882 |
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Johannes Tralow, writer
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Virgin Doll)
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| 1882 |
Birth |
Nanny I Larsen-Todsen, Swedish opera singer
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| 1884 |
Birth |
R¢mulo Gallegos, Venezuela, novelist (Do¤a B rbara)/pres (1947-48)
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| 1884 |
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Dutch Queen Emma appointed regent
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| 1887 |
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Rowell Hodge patents barbed wire
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| 1888 |
Birth |
Oscar Rasbach, composer
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| 1890 |
Birth |
Pauline Hall, composer
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss, London, composer (Olympians)
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| 1891 |
Birth |
Mihail Jora, composer
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| 1892 |
Birth |
John Kieran, NYC, columnist/author (Natural History of NYC)
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| 1892 |
Event |
Charles A Wheeler patents a prototype of the escalator
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| 1892 |
Death |
douard Joseph Stevens, Belgian painter/graphic artist, dies at 72
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| 1892 |
Birth |
Jack Warner, US movie studio head (Warner Bros)
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| 1894 |
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Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter
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| 1894 |
Event |
Death duties 1st introduced in Britain
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