Historical Events In 1887

Feb 03   On this day in history to avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act   

Feb 04   Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads in the year 1887.   

Feb 05   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Snow falls on San Francisco in the year 1887.   

Feb 08   On this day in history aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club   

Feb 08   Dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) in the year 1887.   

Feb 09   Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs) in the year 1887.   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9] on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history john van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)   

Feb 13   Alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 in the year 1887.   

Feb 15   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

Feb 15   H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history 1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY)   

Feb 17   In the year 1887 leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

Feb 18   Nikos Kasandsakis, writer in the year 1887.   

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.   

Feb 20   1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh) on this day in history.   

Feb 20   David McKinley Williams, composer in the year 1887.   

Feb 20   Germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance in the year 1887.   

Feb 21   1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn) in the year 1887.   

Feb 21   In the year 1887 first US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)   

Feb 21   Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday in the year 1887.   

Feb 21   In the year 1887 savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player   

Feb 22   On this day in history mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award)   

Feb 22   Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco on this day in history.   

Feb 23   In the year 1887 congress grants Seal Rocks to SF   

Feb 23   On this day in history french/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die   

Feb 23   Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate) in the year 1887.   

Feb 25   Leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter) in the year 1887.   

Feb 26   Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)   

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)   

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)   

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)   

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 01   In the year 1887 johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66   

Jan 07   Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 in the year 1887.   

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.   

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.