Historical Events In 1887

Nov 02   In the year 1887 jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67  

Nov 04   In the year 1887 knut Algot Hakanson, composer  

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

Nov 05   On this day in history ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship  

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

Nov 08   Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer in the year 1887.  

Nov 09   Gertrude Astor, Lakewood OH, actress (Carnival Lady) in the year 1887.  

Nov 10   Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun) in the year 1887.  

Nov 11   In the year 1887 anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed.  

Nov 11   Haymarket defenda on this day in history.  

Nov 11   In the year 1887 roland Young, London England  

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

Nov 14   Bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 16   On this day in history philip Frohman, US architect  

Nov 17   On this day in history bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)  

Nov 18   Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1887.  

Nov 19   On this day in history emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38  

Nov 19   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" (BG)  

Nov 19   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG)  

Nov 20   Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Nov 23   Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die 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 H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein)  

Nov 23   In the year 1887 notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan  

Nov 23   The birth of Boris Karloff, English actor on this day in history.  

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

Nov 24   Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

Nov 25   In the year 1887 johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71  

Nov 28   On this day in history bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian  

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

Nov 30   1st indoor softball game (Chicago) in the year 1887.  

Nov 30   In the year 1887 first indoor softball game (Chicago)  

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1887 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)  

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

Feb 27   On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53