Page 3: Historical Events In 1887

Feb 26   George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG   

Feb 26   George Lohmann took inaugural 8-wicket haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG.   

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53   

Feb 27   James D Innes, English painter.   

Feb 28   William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance)   

Mar 02   American Trotting Association organized in Detroit.   

Mar 02   August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47.   

Mar 03   American Protective Assn forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa.   

Mar 03   American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton IA.   

Mar 03   Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller.   

Mar 05   Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz)   

Mar 06   Henri Gagnon, composer   

Mar 07   Heino Eller, composer.   

Mar 07   North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.   

Mar 08   Everett Horton, Connecticut, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes   

Mar 08   Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes   

Mar 08   Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73   

Mar 08   The telescopic fishing rod, made of steel tubes inside one another, was patented by Everett Horton   

Mar 09   Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- and post-WWI)   

Mar 13   Carlos Isamitt, composer.   

Mar 13   Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs   

Mar 14   George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter.   

Mar 15   1st salaried fish and game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan)   

Mar 15   Michigan appoints inaugural salaried game and fish warden in US(William Alden Smith)   

Mar 16   Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59   

Mar 17   Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician   

Mar 20   Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73.   

Mar 21   Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor.   

Mar 22   Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers).   

Mar 23   Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)   

Mar 23   Juan Gris, Spanish painter is born.   

Mar 23   More than 80 miners die in gas explosion in colliery at Bulli, NSW   

Mar 24   Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor is born   

Mar 24   Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey).   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm canaris: German admiral/head german military intelligence   

Jan 03   Helen parkhurst: Us educator (education on the dalton plan)   

Jan 03   August macke: German painter    

Jan 10   Robinson jeffers: Us, poet/playwright (tamar & other poems, medea)   

Jan 11   Aldo leopold: Founder (wilderness society)   

Jan 13   George gurdjieff: Armenian-greek mystic    

Jan 16   John hamilton: Penn, actor (perry white-superman)   

Jan 17   Ola raknes: Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist   

Jan 01   Johan hendrik koelman: Portrait painter,   

Jan 07   Abraham i van lier: Dutch actor/director (gran theatre),    

Jan 14   Friedrich von amerling: Austrian painter,    

Jan 17   William giblin: Premier of tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   Ellen wood: English author (pomeroy abbey),   

Feb 15   Alexander borodin: Composer,   

Feb 19   Eduard douwes dekker: Dutch writer (max havelaar),   

Feb 27   Alexander porfir'yevich borodin: Russian composer,