Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   In the year 1887 roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies)  

Mar 24   The birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor in the year 1887.  

Mar 28   On this day in history ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75  

Mar 28   In the year 1887 rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer  

Mar 30   Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great) on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer on this day in history.  

Apr 01   Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist in the year 1887.  

Apr 02   On this day in history juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us)  

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS) on this day in history.  

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) in the year 1887.  

Apr 05   Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller in the year 1887.  

Apr 08   On this day in history walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)  

Apr 10   Bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947) in the year 1887.  

Apr 10   President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il on this day in history.  

Apr 11   In the year 1887 pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54  

Apr 12   Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo in the year 1887.  

Apr 14   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)  

Apr 21   Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer on this day in history.  

Apr 26   Cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta; in the year 1887.  

Apr 26   In the year 1887 huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity  

Apr 26   In the year 1887 huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity  

Apr 28   In the year 1887 carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67  

Apr 30   On this day in history 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10  

Apr 30   On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71  

May 01   In the year 1887 alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)  

May 02   Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's) in the year 1887.  

May 02   G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence on this day in history.  

May 02   On this day in history hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film  

May 03   In the Sonora, Mexico region a 7.4 earthquake ruptured the Pitaycachi fault on this day in history.  

May 05   In the year 1887 estelle Hemsley, Boston MA  

May 07   On this day in history henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)  

May 08   In the year 1887 alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar  

May 09   Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London on this day in history.  

May 09   In the year 1887 jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer  

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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 in the year 1887.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1887.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

Jan 01   In the year 1887 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 in the year 1887.  

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.  

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 in the year 1887.  

Feb 27   In the year 1887 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53