Historical Events In 1887
Monday, 19 April 2021
Feb 03 To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act on this day in history.
Feb 04 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads on this day in history.
Feb 05 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy on this day in history.
Feb 05 On this day in history snow falls on San Francisco
Feb 08 On this day in history aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club
Feb 08 In the year 1887 dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)
Feb 09 On this day in history henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)
Feb 10 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 in the year 1887.
Feb 10 In the year 1887 [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]
Feb 11 On this day in history john van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)
Feb 13 In the year 1887 alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I
Feb 14 Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 in the year 1887.
Feb 15 Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.
Feb 15 H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist in the year 1887.
Feb 16 1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY) in the year 1887.
Feb 17 On this day in history leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
Feb 18 Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on this day in history.
Feb 19 Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.
Feb 20 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh) in the year 1887.
Feb 20 David McKinley Williams, composer on this day in history.
Feb 20 In the year 1887 germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance
Feb 21 On this day in history 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)
Feb 21 On this day in history first US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)
Feb 21 On this day in history oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday
Feb 21 On this day in history savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
Feb 22 Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award) in the year 1887.
Feb 22 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati on this day in history.
Feb 23 On this day in history congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco
Feb 23 On this day in history congress grants Seal Rocks to SF
Feb 23 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die in the year 1887.
Feb 23 On this day in history oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer
Feb 24 In the year 1887 mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate)
Feb 25 In the year 1887 leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter)
Feb 26 On this day in history benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)
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