Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   In the year 1887 roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies)  

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

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

Mar 31   Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer on this day in history.  

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

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   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   In the year 1887 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 in the year 1887.  

Apr 11   In the year 1887 pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54  

Apr 12   Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo in the year 1887.  

Apr 14   Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG) in the year 1887.  

Apr 21   Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer in the year 1887.  

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

Apr 28   In the year 1887 carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67  

Apr 30   On this day in history 1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10  

Apr 30   Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1887.  

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

May 02   In the year 1887 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 on this day in history.  

May 03   In the year 1887 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 in the year 1887.  

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

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)  

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 in the year 1887.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.  

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