Historical Events In 1887

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

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   On this day in history snow falls on San Francisco  

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) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

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   In the year 1887 leevi Antti Madetoja, composer  

Feb 18   Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1887 david McKinley Williams, composer  

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

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

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

Feb 22   In the year 1887 mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award)  

Feb 22   Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati in the year 1887.  

Feb 23   In the year 1887 congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco  

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) in the year 1887.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 07   In the year 1887 abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1887 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)  

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

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

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 in the year 1887.