Page 4: Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   On this day in history 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) in the year 1887.   

Mar 31   On this day in history jose Maria Usandizaga, composer   

Apr 01   Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us) in the year 1887.   

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

Apr 04   On this day in history susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS)   

Apr 05   In the year 1887 anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller   

Apr 08   Walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   In the year 1887 president Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il   

Apr 11   Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo on this day in history.   

Apr 14   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)   

Apr 21   In the year 1887 lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer   

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   Huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity on this day in history.   

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

Apr 28   On this day in history carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67   

Apr 30   1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 in the year 1887.   

Apr 30   Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

May 02   On this day in history edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)   

May 02   On this day in history g Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence   

May 02   Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film in the year 1887.   

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

May 05   On this day in history estelle Hemsley, Boston MA   

May 07   Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes) on this day in history.   

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

May 09   In the year 1887 buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.   

May 09   Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)   

Jan 03   August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)   

Jan 13   In the year 1887 birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)   

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 in the year 1887.   

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 in the year 1887.   

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1887 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

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 on this day in history.