Page 4: Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies) in the year 1887.   

Mar 24   On this day in history the birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor   

Mar 28   Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75 in the year 1887.   

Mar 28   On this day in history rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer   

Mar 30   In the year 1887 albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great)   

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1887 bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947)   

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

Apr 11   Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1887.   

Apr 12   In the year 1887 henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo   

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   On this day in history cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta;   

Apr 26   On this day in history huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity   

Apr 26   Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity in the year 1887.   

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

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

Apr 30   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 g Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence   

May 02   In the year 1887 hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film   

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

May 05   Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA on this day in history.   

May 07   Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes) in the year 1887.   

May 08   Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar in the year 1887.   

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

May 09   On this day in history jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1887 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1887 birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)   

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.   

Jan 07   Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

Jan 17   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 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.