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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 28   Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer in the year 1887.   

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

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

Apr 01   In the year 1887 leonard Bloomfield, US linguist   

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) in the year 1887.   

Apr 04   In the year 1887 susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS)   

Apr 05   On this day in history anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller   

Apr 08   In the year 1887 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   On this day in history pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54   

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

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

Apr 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity   

Apr 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

May 08   On this day in history 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 in the year 1887.   

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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   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

Jan 10   In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)   

Jan 11   In the year 1887 birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)   

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 16   In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)   

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 17   On this day in history death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.   

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

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