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   On this day in history giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy  

Feb 05   Snow falls on San Francisco in the year 1887.  

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   In the year 1887 henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)  

Feb 10   In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Feb 17   Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer in the year 1887.  

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   1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh) in the year 1887.  

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

Feb 20   In the year 1887 germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco in the year 1887.  

Feb 23   Congress grants Seal Rocks to SF in the year 1887.  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1887 oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer  

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

Feb 25   Leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter) in the year 1887.  

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   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

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 in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   On this day in history death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)  

Feb 10   In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73  

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

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

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