Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

May 25   W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker on this day in history.   

May 27   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) on this day in history.   

May 28   Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist in the year 1879.   

May 30   On this day in history 92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May   

May 30   In the year 1879 92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May   

May 30   In the year 1879 colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

May 30   In the year 1879 gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden   

May 31   On this day in history 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.   

May 31   On this day in history madison Square Garden opens its doors   

May 31   On this day in history mark Hambourg, composer   

Jun 01   On this day in history napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.   

Jun 02   On this day in history adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam)   

Jun 02   On this day in history e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23   

Jun 03   Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer on this day in history.   

Jun 05   13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75 in the year 1879.   

Jun 05   Adolf Wiklund, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 06   L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect on this day in history.   

Jun 07   In the year 1879 knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)   

Jun 09   In the year 1879 dudley Digges   

Jun 10   In the year 1879 benjamin Lambord, composer   

Jun 11   On this day in history roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager   

Jun 11   Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 on this day in history.   

Jun 13   A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella on this day in history.   

Jun 13   George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30) in the year 1879.   

Jun 16   On this day in history fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)   

Jun 16   On this day in history gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC   

Jun 16   In the year 1879 gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC   

Jun 18   W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage on this day in history.   

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.   

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately) on this day in history.   

Jun 21   On this day in history umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)   

Jun 23   In the year 1879 william Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman   

Jun 24   On this day in history agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

Jan 01   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)   

Jan 09   In the year 1879 don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

Jan 13   In the year 1879 wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58   

Jan 16   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle   

Jan 23   On this day in history adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 29   Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   In the year 1879 honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on this day in history.