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

Mar 28   Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 01   On this day in history leonard Bloomfield, US linguist   

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

Apr 05   Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller on this day in history.   

Apr 08   In the year 1887 walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)   

Apr 10   On this day in history 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   Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo on this day in history.   

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

Apr 21   On this day in history lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer   

Apr 26   In the year 1887 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 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   In the year 1887 friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71   

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

May 02   In the year 1887 edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)   

May 02   G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history 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   Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA in the year 1887.   

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 on this day in history.   

May 09   Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London in the year 1887.   

May 09   Jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 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   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   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   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   In the year 1887 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   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 in the year 1887.   

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