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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Mar 30   Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great) in the year 1887.  

Mar 31   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 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   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   Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1887.  

Apr 12   On this day in history henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo  

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 in the year 1887.  

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

Apr 28   In the year 1887 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   On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71  

May 01   Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1887.  

May 05   In the year 1887 estelle Hemsley, Boston MA  

May 07   In the year 1887 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   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   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1887 friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83  

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

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

Feb 15   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies  

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

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 in the year 1887.