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

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

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

May 30   Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

May 31   Mark Hambourg, composer in the year 1879.   

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) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history a Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella   

Jun 13   On this day in history george Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30)   

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

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

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   In the year 1879 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   Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide) on this day in history.   

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   Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1879 birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)   

Jan 05   In the year 1879 birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)   

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 in the year 1879.   

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle in the year 1879.   

Jan 23   Adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42 in the year 1879.   

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

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.