Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

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

May 27   In the year 1879 lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance)   

May 28   On this day in history milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

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

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

May 30   Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I) in the year 1879.   

May 30   Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.   

May 31   In the year 1879 madison Square Garden opens its doors   

May 31   Mark Hambourg, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jun 02   Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 03   On this day in history pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer   

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

Jun 05   In the year 1879 adolf Wiklund, composer   

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   On this day in history benjamin Lambord, composer   

Jun 11   Roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager on this day in history.   

Jun 11   Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 in the year 1879.   

Jun 13   A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella in the year 1879.   

Jun 13   In the year 1879 george Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30)   

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

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC in the year 1879.   

Jun 18   On this day in history w H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage   

Jun 21   On this day in history f W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)   

Jun 21   On this day in history f W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately)   

Jun 21   Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide) in the year 1879.   

Jun 23   William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman in the year 1879.   

Jun 24   Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)   

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

Jan 02   Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 in the year 1879.   

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 22   In the year 1879 anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle   

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

Jan 29   On this day in history antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80   

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies in the year 1879.   

Feb 21   In the year 1879 peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69