Historical Events In 1887

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

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   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   In the year 1887 dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)  

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

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 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   In the year 1887 h M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist  

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

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

Feb 18   On this day in history nikos Kasandsakis, writer  

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

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

Feb 20   In the year 1887 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) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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) in the year 1887.  

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   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   On this day in history oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer  

Feb 24   Mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate) in the year 1887.  

Feb 25   In the year 1887 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   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

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   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

Feb 15   On this day in history 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.