Historical Events In 1887
Monday, 30 January 2023
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 on this day in history.
Feb 05 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy in the year 1887.
Feb 05 On this day in history 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) on this day in history.
Feb 09 Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs) on this day in history.
Feb 10 On this day in history 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 John van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen) on this day in history.
Feb 13 On this day in history alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I
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 Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer in the year 1887.
Feb 18 Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on this day in history.
Feb 19 Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.
Feb 20 In the year 1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)
Feb 20 On this day in history david McKinley Williams, composer
Feb 20 In the year 1887 germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance
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 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player in the year 1887.
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 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die on this day in history.
Feb 23 Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer in the year 1887.
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 Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) in the year 1887.
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