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) in the year 1887.   

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

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

Feb 11   John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen) in the year 1887.   

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

Feb 14   In the year 1887 cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

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

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   Germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance on this day in history.   

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

Feb 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player   

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 in the year 1887.   

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   French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die in the year 1887.   

Feb 23   On this day in history oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer   

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

Feb 25   In the year 1887 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 on this day in history.   

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   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.   

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

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born in the year 1887.   

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 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   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   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

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

Feb 27   In the year 1887 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53