Historical Events In 1887

Nov 02   Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Nov 04   Knut Algot Hakanson, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 05   Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand in the year 1887.  

Nov 05   Ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship in the year 1887.  

Nov 06   In the year 1887 walter Johnson, Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218)  

Nov 08   Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 09   Gertrude Astor, Lakewood OH, actress (Carnival Lady) on this day in history.  

Nov 10   Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   On this day in history anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed.  

Nov 11   In the year 1887 haymarket defenda  

Nov 11   Roland Young, London England in the year 1887.  

Nov 13   On this day in history bloody Sunday clashes in central London.  

Nov 14   On this day in history bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer  

Nov 15   British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong on this day in history.  

Nov 15   On this day in history georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull)  

Nov 16   Philip Frohman, US architect in the year 1887.  

Nov 17   In the year 1887 bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)  

Nov 18   On this day in history eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81  

Nov 19   Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38 in the year 1887.  

Nov 19   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" (BG) on this day in history.  

Nov 19   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG)  

Nov 20   Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 in the year 1887.  

Nov 23   Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die on this day in history.  

Nov 23   In the year 1887 boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born: actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die  

Nov 23   On this day in history boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein)  

Nov 23   On this day in history notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan  

Nov 23   On this day in history the birth of Boris Karloff, English actor  

Nov 23   On this day in history the University of Michigan beat Notre Dame (8-0) for the first time in their football rivalry.  

Nov 24   Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris in the year 1887.  

Nov 25   Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71 in the year 1887.  

Nov 28   Bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian in the year 1887.  

Nov 29   On this day in history uS receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii  

Nov 30   On this day in history 1st indoor softball game (Chicago)  

Nov 30   First indoor softball game (Chicago) in the year 1887.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)  

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

Jan 16   In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

Jan 07   In the year 1887 abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74  

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10   On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

Feb 15   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.