Page 4: Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies) on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 31   Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer in the year 1887.   

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

Apr 02   In the year 1887 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   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   On this day in history walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 11   On this day in history 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   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; on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 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) on this day in history.   

May 02   In the year 1887 g Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence   

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

May 03   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)   

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   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence   

Jan 03   On this day in history 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   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1887 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 27   On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53