Page 2: Historical Events In 1887

Feb 03   In the year 1887 to avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act   

Feb 04   In the year 1887 interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads   

Feb 05   In the year 1887 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy   

Feb 05   In the year 1887 snow falls on San Francisco   

Feb 08   Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club in the year 1887.   

Feb 08   Dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 in the year 1887.   

Feb 10   [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9] in the year 1887.   

Feb 11   In the year 1887 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   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history h M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist   

Feb 16   1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY) in the year 1887.   

Feb 17   On this day in history leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

Feb 18   Nikos Kasandsakis, writer in the year 1887.   

Feb 19   On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

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

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

Feb 20   On this day in history germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance   

Feb 21   On this day in history 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)   

Feb 21   First US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1887 oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday   

Feb 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history 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 in the year 1887.   

Feb 24   In the year 1887 mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate)   

Feb 25   Leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter) on this day in history.   

Feb 26   On this day in history benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence   

Jan 03   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born in the year 1887.   

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

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1887 birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)   

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 16   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1887.   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.   

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Feb 27   On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53