Historical Events In 1887

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   In the year 1887 oscar Bossaert, Belgium, chocolate manufacturer/min of Middenstand  

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

Nov 06   On this day in history walter Johnson, Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218)  

Nov 08   In the year 1887 yury Alexandrovich Shaporin, composer  

Nov 09   Gertrude Astor, Lakewood OH, actress (Carnival Lady) in the year 1887.  

Nov 10   In the year 1887 arnold Zweig, German antifascist/author (Erziehung vor Verdun)  

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

Nov 11   Haymarket defenda in the year 1887.  

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) on this day in history.  

Nov 16   Philip Frohman, US architect on this day in history.  

Nov 17   Bernard L Montgomery, British field marshall (WW II-African campaign) in the year 1887.  

Nov 18   On this day in history eduard Marxsen, composer, dies at 81  

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

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

Nov 24   On this day in history victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris  

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

Nov 28   In the year 1887 bobby Watson, [Knucher], Springfield IL, comedian  

Nov 29   US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii on this day in history.  

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

Nov 30   On this day in history first indoor softball game (Chicago)  

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence  

Jan 03   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)  

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)  

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born in the year 1887.  

Jan 13   In the year 1887 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   In the year 1887 birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)  

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   On this day in history abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 19   On this day in history 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.