Page 8: Historical Events In 1887

Sep 25   May Sutton Bundy, US, 1st US woman to win Wimbledon (US 1904) in the year 1887.   

Sep 26   Antonio Moreno, Madrid Spain, actor/director (It, Careers) on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Emile Berliner patents the Gramophone on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Gramophone patented in Germany in the year 1887.   

Sep 27   Anton Roemer, Dutch actor (Potasch & Perlemoer, Boefje) on this day in history.   

Sep 28   In the year 1887 avery Brundage, Detroit Mich, CEO (Intl Olympic Committee, 1952-72)   

Sep 28   In the year 1887 gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million   

Sep 29   Billy Bevan, Orange Australia, actor (White Sin) in the year 1887.   

Sep 30   Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG) in the year 1887.   

Sep 30   On this day in history start of the Sherlock Holmes Adventure "The Five Orange Pips" (BG)   

Sep 30   In the year 1887 volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup   

Oct 01   Balochistan conquered by the British Empire on this day in history.   

Oct 04   Francis Bull, Norway, writer (Norsk literature historian) on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter   

Oct 06   George Brown, cricketer (legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's) in the year 1887.   

Oct 07   A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WW I) on this day in history.   

Oct 07   On this day in history george James Webb, composer, dies at 84   

Oct 08   On this day in history phillies set club record 16th straight victory   

Oct 10   Rie Cramer, [Marie Holman], Dutch cartoonist/author on this day in history.   

Oct 11   In the year 1887 a Miles patents elevator   

Oct 17   Gustav R Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Oct 18   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG)   

Oct 18   Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "A Case of Identity" (BG) in the year 1887.   

Oct 20   On this day in history addison Richards, Zanesville OH, actor (Pentagon, Fighting Seabees)   

Oct 21   Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3 in the year 1887.   

Oct 22   On this day in history john Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions   

Oct 24   In the year 1887 victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso   

Oct 25   Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven) on this day in history.   

Oct 26   In the year 1887 detroit (NL) beats St Louis (AA) 10 games to 5 in World Series   

Oct 30   Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato) in the year 1887.   

Oct 31   Chiang Kai-shek, Chekiang Province China, pres of Nationalist China on this day in history.   

Oct 31   On this day in history george Alexander Macfarren, composer, dies at 74   

Oct 31   Rimski-Korsakov's "Capricio Espagñol," premieres in St Petersburg in the year 1887.   

Nov 01   Max Trapp, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence   

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   In the year 1887 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   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1887.   

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   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.   

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.