Page 5: Historical Events In 1887

May 10   On this day in history jacobus C Bloem, Dutch poet (Sintels)   

May 11   In the year 1887 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39.25   

May 12   In the year 1887 nandor Zsolt, composer   

May 13   15th Preakness: William Donohue aboard Dunboyne wins in 2:39.25 in the year 1887.   

May 16   Bull Montana, Vogliera Italy, actor (Brass Buttons, Victory) in the year 1887.   

May 18   Emmanuel Chabriers opera "Le Roi Malgré Luis," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

May 18   On this day in history ernst Wiechert, writer   

May 21   Mabel Taliaferro, NYC, actress (Sentimental Tommy, My Love Come Back) on this day in history.   

May 23   In the year 1887 1st transcontinental train arrives in Vancouver, BC   

May 23   Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1887 sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Assn at East African harbors   

May 24   In the year 1887 sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants East African Association at East African harbors   

May 25   Gas lamp at Paris Opera catches fire; 200 die in the year 1887.   

May 26   On this day in history racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state   

May 26   In the year 1887 racetrack betting becomes legal in NY state   

May 27   Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86 in the year 1887.   

May 27   In the year 1887 emiel van der Straeten, Flemish playwright (Sudanese legends)   

May 28   Hank Mann, NYC, actor (City Lights, Smoky, Dawn Trail, Fugitive Road) on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history alexander Archipenko, Ukraine sculptor/lithographer   

May 31   In the year 1887 saint-John Perse, France, poet/diplomat (Nobel 1960) [or Mar 31]   

Jun 01   In the year 1887 clive Brook, London England, actor/director (List of Adrian Messenger)   

Jun 03   In the year 1887 emil Axman, composer   

Jun 05   Ruth Benedict, US, anthropologist (Patterns of Culture) on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Ruth Benedict, anthropoligist on this day in history.   

Jun 07   In the year 1887 monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Wash DC   

Jun 07   On this day in history william Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily)   

Jun 08   On this day in history a Borrelly discovers asteroid #268 Adorea   

Jun 08   Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator in the year 1887.   

Jun 09   On this day in history 21st Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hanover wins in 2:43.5   

Jun 12   Gustav Weber, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

Jun 13   On this day in history bruno Frank, writer   

Jun 15   Carlisle D Graham survives 2nd ride in Niagara waterfall in barrel on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Blanche Yurka, St Paul MN, actress (Taxi, Tale of 2 Cities) in the year 1887.   

Jun 18   In the year 1887 the Reinsurance Treaty between Germany and Russia is signed.   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born in the year 1887.   

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   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1887.   

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 in the year 1887.   

Jan 17   On this day in history death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

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

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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