Page 5: Historical Events In 1878

May 21   Glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane) in the year 1878.   

May 22   Franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1878.   

May 23   Attorney John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia in the year 1878.   

May 23   Atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia in the year 1878.   

May 24   On this day in history cA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston   

May 24   CA Parker (Harvard) wins first American bike race, Beacon Park Boston on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1878 lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954)   

May 25   In the year 1878 bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel)   

May 25   In the year 1878 gilbert &Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore" premieres in London   

May 25   Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London on this day in history.   

May 27   6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75 in the year 1878.   

May 27   Australia Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19 on this day in history.   

May 27   Carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1878 german battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed   

May 31   On this day in history german battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed   

May 31   US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation in the year 1878.   

Jun 01   John Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads) in the year 1878.   

Jun 04   Cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes on this day in history.   

Jun 04   Frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament) in the year 1878.   

Jun 04   In the year 1878 turkey turns Cypress over to the British.   

Jun 05   Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days) on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history the birth of Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary   

Jun 06   Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1878.   

Jun 08   12th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:43.5 in the year 1878.   

Jun 11   On this day in history dC is given a new govt by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974)   

Jun 12   Hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26 on this day in history.   

Jun 12   James O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog) on this day in history.   

Jun 13   On this day in history congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization   

Jun 15   In the year 1878 1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground   

Jun 15   Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director/critic (Pygmalion) in the year 1878.   

Jun 15   The first attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground in the year 1878.   

Jun 17   Albert Thomas, French socialist politician in the year 1878.   

Jun 18   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe on this day in history.   

Jun 19   James M Kilroe, priest of St Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Edwin Franko Goldman, composer was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)   

Jan 04   In the year 1878 birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)   

Jan 04   Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 06   In the year 1878 birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)   

Jan 06   Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 11   Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk)   

Jan 07   On this day in history death of françois-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794)   

Jan 09   Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788) died in the year 1878.   

Jan 19   Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1878 george Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85   

Feb 07   In the year 1878 pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85   

Feb 08   In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83   

Feb 17   Jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59 in the year 1878.