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   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) in the year 1887.   

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

Apr 01   In the year 1887 leonard Bloomfield, US linguist   

Apr 02   Juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us) in the year 1887.   

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS) in the year 1887.   

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) on this day in history.   

Apr 05   Anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller in the year 1887.   

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   In the year 1887 president Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il   

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

Apr 21   In the year 1887 lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer   

Apr 26   On this day in history cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta;   

Apr 26   In the year 1887 huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity   

Apr 26   In the year 1887 huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity   

Apr 28   Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 in the year 1887.   

Apr 30   1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 in the year 1887.   

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) on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)   

May 02   G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence in the year 1887.   

May 02   Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film on this day in history.   

May 03   On this day in history 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) in the year 1887.   

May 08   Alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar in the year 1887.   

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

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

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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 in the year 1887.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 17   In the year 1887 birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)   

Jan 01   In the year 1887 johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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