Page 7: Historical Events In 1887

Aug 09   Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Swammerdam) in the year 1887.   

Aug 10   In the year 1887 excursion train crashes killing 101 in Chatsworth, Illinois   

Aug 10   Excursion train crashes killing 101. (Chatsworth, Illinois) in the year 1887.   

Aug 12   Thomas Edison makes the first sound recording in the year 1887.   

Aug 14   Marija Leiko, Latvian film actress (d.1937) on this day in history.   

Aug 14   Richard Jeffries, naturalist/essayist, dies on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Nadia Boulanger, conductor (1st woman to conduct Boston Symphony) in the year 1887.   

Aug 17   Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary (1916-18) on this day in history.   

Aug 17   Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 in the year 1887.   

Aug 18   Nico J Polak, Dutch economist on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Mighty (Dan) Casey struck-out in a game with NY Giants! on this day in history.   

Aug 23   On this day in history jo Sternheim, Dutch actor/playwright   

Aug 25   In the year 1887 olav Fartein Valen, composer   

Aug 26   Luis Abraham Delgadillo, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history wilhelm Volkmar, composer, dies at 74   

Aug 28   On this day in history daniel Zamudio, composer   

Aug 30   On this day in history adam Kuckhoff, writer   

Aug 31   On this day in history friedrich A Paneth, Austrian/British chemist   

Aug 31   In the year 1887 thomas A Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)   

Sep 01   Blaise Cendrars, [Frederic Sauser-Hall], Swiss poet/writer on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Dutch Amateur Photography Cooperation established in the year 1887.   

Sep 01   On this day in history yellow River flood in China killing 2,000,000 people   

Sep 05   Gas lamp at Theater Royal in Exeter catches fire killing about 200 in the year 1887.   

Sep 07   In the year 1887 edith L Sitwell, English poetess/author (Wheels)   

Sep 09   In the year 1887 alfred M Landon, (R-Ks) pres candidate (1932, 1936)   

Sep 10   In the year 1887 giovanni Gronchi, president of Italy   

Sep 12   On this day in history george Georgescu, composer   

Sep 14   Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 14   In the year 1887 karl Taylor Compton, physicist/atomic bomb scientist   

Sep 15   On this day in history jean/Hans Arp, French/Swiss statues artist/poet   

Sep 15   Phila celebrates 100th anniversary of US Constitution on this day in history.   

Sep 16   In the year 1887 hans/Jean Arp, French/Swiss painter/poet/sculptor   

Sep 21   In the year 1887 lodewijk de Vocht, composer   

Sep 22   Hobart Cavanaugh, US, actor (Border Town, Black Angel) on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 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   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   In the year 1887 abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74   

Jan 14   In the year 1887 friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.   

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   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.