Page 9: Historical Events In 1887

Nov 01   On this day in history the birth of L.S Lowry, English artist; famous for his matchstick figures   

Nov 02   Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Nov 04   In the year 1887 knut Algot Hakanson, composer   

Nov 05   Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand in the year 1887.   

Nov 05   On this day in history ottawa College (ORFU) defeats Montreal Football Club (QRFU) 10-5 to win the Dominion championship   

Nov 06   In the year 1887 walter Johnson, Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218)   

Nov 08   Yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 09   In the year 1887 gertrude Astor, Lakewood OH, actress (Carnival Lady)   

Nov 10   Arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun) on this day in history.   

Nov 11   In the year 1887 anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed.   

Nov 11   On this day in history haymarket defenda   

Nov 11   On this day in history roland Young, London England   

Nov 13   In the year 1887 bloody Sunday clashes in central London.   

Nov 14   On this day in history bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer   

Nov 15   In the year 1887 british SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong   

Nov 15   Georgia O'Keefe, Sun Prairie Wisc, sculptor/painter (Cow's Skull) in the year 1887.   

Nov 16   On this day in history philip Frohman, US architect   

Nov 17   On this day in history bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign)   

Nov 18   Eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Nov 19   Emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38 in the year 1887.   

Nov 19   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Dying Detective" (BG)   

Nov 19   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Dying Detective" (BG)   

Nov 20   Louis Gallait, Belgian painter (Egmont & Receiver), dies at 77 in the year 1887.   

Nov 23   On this day in history boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die   

Nov 23   Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born: actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die in the year 1887.   

Nov 23   Boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein) in the year 1887.   

Nov 23   In the year 1887 notre Dame loses its 1st football game 8-0 to Michigan   

Nov 23   In the year 1887 the birth of Boris Karloff, English actor   

Nov 23   The University of Michigan beat Notre Dame (8-0) for the first time in their football rivalry in the year 1887.   

Nov 24   Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71 in the year 1887.   

Nov 28   On this day in history bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian   

Nov 29   US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii in the year 1887.   

Nov 30   1st indoor softball game (Chicago) in the year 1887.   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1887.   

Feb 15   On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

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 in the year 1887.