Page 7: Historical Events In 1884

Sep 20   Equal Rights Party nominates female candidates for Pres and VP   

Sep 20   Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (b.1802)   

Sep 20   Piotr Rytel, composer   

Sep 21   Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member   

Sep 22   Minerva Urecal, CA, actress (Accent on Love, Crazy Knights)   

Sep 23   Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine   

Sep 24   Dixey, Rice and Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in NYC.   

Sep 25   Cornelis "Kees" Boeke, Dutch educationalist.   

Sep 26   Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed.   

Sep 28   Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies.   

Sep 29   Boris Asafiev, composer   

Sep 30   Louis Lacombe, composer, dies at 65.   

Oct 03   Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Geur), dies at 44   

Oct 05   Hendrik W Tilanus, Dutch artillery officer/politcian (CHU 1939-63).   

Oct 06   Lloyd Spooner, US, marksman (Olympic-4 gold/1 silver/2 bronze-1920)   

Oct 06   Naval War College established in Newport RI.   

Oct 06   Naval War College forms in Newport RI   

Oct 09   Helene Deutsch, [Rosenbach], psychoanalyst (Boston)   

Oct 10   C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11)   

Oct 11   Eleanor Roosevelt, Wife of former President F.D Roosevelt is born.   

Oct 11   Eleanor Roosevelt, [Anna], 1st lady (1933-1945)/crusader (Nobel 1931)   

Oct 12   Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor (39 Steps)   

Oct 13   Greenwich established as universal time meridian of longitude.   

Oct 14   George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film   

Oct 14   Jimmy Conlin, Camden NJ, actor (Sin of Harold Diddlebock)   

Oct 20   Bela Lugosi, Hungarian actor is born   

Oct 20   Thomas Chalmers, NYC, actor (Blind Alleys, Outrage)   

Oct 22   General Gordon receives letter of Mahdi.   

Oct 23   1st World Series OKed by AA, Providence (NL) beats NY Mets (AA) 6-0.   

Oct 25   1st World Series OK by AA, Providence (NL) sweeps NY Mets (AA) in 3.   

Oct 25   Eduardo Barrios, Chile, novelist (The Love-Crazed Boy).   

Oct 27   Architect Henry Hardenberghs Dakota-complex opens in NYC   

Oct 28   Miloje Milojevic, composer.   

Oct 29   Bela Lugosi, Lugos Hungary, horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher).   

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Jan 02   Jacques chardonne: [boutelleau], french writer (l'epithalame)   

Jan 03   Eli s jones: Us, evangelist (christ of indian road)   

Jan 03   Raoul armand georg koczalski: Composer   

Jan 10   James philip dunn: Composer   

Jan 12   Louis horst: Composer   

Jan 12   Texas guinan: American actress    

Jan 13   Johannes elsensohn: Dutch actor/writer (arie, novel from the jordan)   

Jan 13   Sophie tucker: [kalish], russia, singer/last of red hot mammas   

Jan 06   Gregor mendel: Augustine monk/heredity pioneer,   

Jan 17   Hermann schlegel: German ornithologist (b. 1804)   

Jan 21   Auguste franchomme: Composer,   

Jan 24   Johann christian gebauer: Composer,    

Feb 08   Arnold henry guyot: Swiss/us geologist/meteorologist,    

Feb 21   John pike hullah: Composer,   

Feb 23   Tambo tambo: Australian aboriginal/us circus attaction,    

Mar 01   Isaac todhunter: English mathematician (b. 1820)