Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

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

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

May 28   In the year 1879 milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

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

May 30   92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

May 30   Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden in the year 1879.   

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 in the year 1879.   

May 31   Madison Square Garden opens its doors on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1879 mark Hambourg, composer   

Jun 01   In the year 1879 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   E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 in the year 1879.   

Jun 03   In the year 1879 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 in the year 1879.   

Jun 07   On this day in history knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule)   

Jun 09   Dudley Digges on this day in history.   

Jun 10   In the year 1879 benjamin Lambord, composer   

Jun 11   In the year 1879 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 in the year 1879.   

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

Jun 16   Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law) in the year 1879.   

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

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

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   F W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.   

Jun 21   In the year 1879 umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)   

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

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

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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   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 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   On this day in history birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

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

Jan 03   Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 05   Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 09   Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 in the year 1879.   

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

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1879 adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

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