Event of Interest
Aug 12 W. G. Grace makes his highest Test Cricket score, scoring 170 vs Australia at The Oval
W. G. Grace
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Aug 13 John A. Macdonald uses a silver hammer to pound a gold spike, officially completing the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway in British Columbia
John A. Macdonald
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Aug 20 Second Salon exhibition by Society of Independent Artists held in Paris; includes Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
Georges Seurat
- Aug 25 1st international polo meet (US vs England)
- Aug 28 US National Championship Men's Tennis, Newport R.I.: Richard Sears beats R. Livingston Beeckman 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 for his 6th consecutive US singles title
- Aug 31 1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston, South Carolina, 110 die
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Aug 31 Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized
Charles Crocker