Historical Events In 1887

Feb 03   To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act in the year 1887.  

Feb 04   On this day in history 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   Snow falls on San Francisco on this day in history.  

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) 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 in the year 1887.  

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

Feb 11   John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen) on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1887 alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I  

Feb 14   On this day in history cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000  

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

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

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

Feb 17   Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 18   Nikos Kasandsakis, writer in the year 1887.  

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

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

Feb 20   On this day in history david McKinley Williams, composer  

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

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

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

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

Feb 21   Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player in the year 1887.  

Feb 22   Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award) on this day in history.  

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   French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die on this day in history.  

Feb 23   In the year 1887 oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer  

Feb 24   Mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate) on this day in history.  

Feb 25   On this day in history leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter)  

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

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 03   August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 10   In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)  

Jan 13   In the year 1887 birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)  

Jan 16   In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

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

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1887 friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83  

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

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

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

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