Page 5: Historical Events In 1890

Jun 02   Hedda Hopper, [Elda Furry], PA, gossip columnist (From Under My Hat).   

Jun 03   Henryk Oskar Kolberg, composer, dies at 76.   

Jun 06   Dorothy Heyward, NYC, playwright (Porgy)   

Jun 06   United States Polo Association forms, NYC   

Jun 09   Leslie Banks, English actor/director (Jamaica Inn, 48 Hours).   

Jun 09   Opera "Robin Hood" premieres in Chicago   

Jun 10   In this year, 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes aboard Burlington claims in 2:07.75   

Jun 10   Paul J M Lindemans, Flemish agricultural engineer/author.   

Jun 12   Egon Schiele, Austrian painter/graphic artist.   

Jun 12   Egon Schiele, German painter is born   

Jun 13   Eagle Ave in the Bronx is cut out and named   

Jun 16   Stan Laurel, English born comedy actor is born.   

Jun 16   Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel and Hardy).   

Jun 19   Barbara Everest, London England, actress (Fatal Witness, Inquest)   

Jun 20   Theodore Edouard Dufaure de Lajarte, composer, dies at 63   

Jun 25   Marchwitza, writer   

Jun 27   Cecil Rhodes' colonies attack Motlousi at Matabeleland.   

Jun 27   In this year, Canadian boxer George 'Little Chocolate' Dixon 1870-1909 claims world bantamweight crown   

Jun 28   Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67   

Jun 30   Gertrude McCoy, Sugar Valley GA, silent screen actress (Blue Bird)   

Jun 30   Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer, dies at 71   

Jul 01   Anglo-German disputes in East Africa are resolved   

Jul 01   Great-Britain and Germany sign Zanzibar-Helgoland Treaty   

Jul 02   Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act   

Jul 02   Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies   

Jul 02   The Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed by Congress, it curtails the powers of U.S. business monopolies   

Jul 02   The Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed by Congress, it curtails the powers of U.S. business monopolies:   

Jul 03   Idaho admitted as 43rd US state   

Jul 06   Andrew Sandham, cricketer (Test cricket's 1st triple centurion).   

Jul 07   Electric chair used for the inaugural time in the United States   

Jul 07   Tom Powers, Owensboro KY, actor (Station West, Destination Moon).   

Jul 08   W Hasenvlever, writer   

Jul 10   Andre Souris, composer   

Jul 10   Wyoming is recorded as becoming 44th state of US (1st with female suffrage)   

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Jan 01   Florence lawrence: Hamilton ont, silent screen actress (confidence)   

Jan 01   Anton melik: Slovenian geographer    

Jan 04   Alfred g jodl: German wehrmacht general/chief of staff   

Jan 04   Mosa pijade: Yugoslavia, mp (communist)   

Jan 05   Cora witherspoon: New orleans la, actress (bank dick), dies   

Jan 07   Henny porten: Magdeburg germany, silent screen star (deception)   

Jan 07   Maurice e mcloughlin: Tennis champ (us open-1912)   

Jan 08   Sandor rado: Hungarian/us psycho analyst   

Jan 07   Augusta maria l katharina: Wife of germ emperor wilhelm i,    

Jan 14   Francesco d'arcais: Composer,   

Jan 17   Salomon sulzer: Composer,    

Jan 18   Amadeus i fm: King of spain (1870-73),   

Jan 20   Franz paul lachner: Composer,   

Jan 30   Karl merz: Composer,   

Feb 03   Christophorus h d buys ballot: Dutch meteorologist,   

Feb 17   Christopher sholes: American inventor (b. 1819)