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   On this day in history knut Algot Hakanson, composer   

Nov 05   Oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand on this day in history.   

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

Nov 06   Walter Johnson, Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun)   

Nov 11   On this day in history anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel are executed.   

Nov 11   In the year 1887 haymarket defenda   

Nov 11   In the year 1887 roland Young, London England   

Nov 13   Bloody Sunday clashes in central London in the year 1887.   

Nov 14   In the year 1887 bernhard Paumgartner, Austria, musicologist/conductor/composer   

Nov 15   British SS Wah Yeung catches fire on Canton River off Hong Kong in the year 1887.   

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

Nov 16   In the year 1887 philip Frohman, US architect   

Nov 17   Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign) on this day in history.   

Nov 18   In the year 1887 eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81   

Nov 19   On this day in history emma Lazarus, US poet ("Give us your tired & poor"), dies in NY at 38   

Nov 19   On this day in history 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   Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die on this day in history.   

Nov 23   Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt)was born: actor Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, Son of Frankenstein, Die on this day in history.   

Nov 23   In the year 1887 boris Karloff, [William H Pratt], Dulwich Engld, actor (Frankenstein)   

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

Nov 23   The birth of Boris Karloff, English actor on this day in history.   

Nov 23   On this day in history the University of Michigan beat Notre Dame (8-0) for the first time in their football rivalry.   

Nov 24   Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris in the year 1887.   

Nov 25   In the year 1887 johann J Bachofen, Swiss historic rights, dies at 71   

Nov 28   Bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian in the year 1887.   

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   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.   

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   In the year 1887 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 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   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   In the year 1887 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53