Page 2: Historical Events In 1887

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

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   In the year 1887 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 in the year 1887.   

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

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 in the year 1887.   

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

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

Feb 15   H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist in the year 1887.   

Feb 16   In the year 1887 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   On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 20   In the year 1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)   

Feb 20   David McKinley Williams, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1887.   

Feb 23   On this day in history congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1887 french/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die   

Feb 23   Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer in the year 1887.   

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

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)   

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

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   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.