Page 8: Historical Events In 1890
Thursday, 05 February 2026
Sep 15 Agatha Christie, mystery writer (Murder on Orient Express). 


Sep 16 Ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Prague Czech, actor (Moon is Down, 3rd Man). 


Sep 16 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team Packers. 


Sep 16 Newswriter George Whitney Calhoun names Green Bay team the Packers. 


Sep 17 Lubov Tchernicheva, Russian ballerina 


Sep 18 Dion Boucicault, Irish/US actor/playwright (Octoroon), dies at 67. 


Sep 18 Vladimir Ambros, composer 


Sep 19 Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, results in the deaths of 540 


Sep 22 Ferdinand Gonseth, Swiss mathematician/philosopher. 


Sep 22 Johanna D Courtmans-Berchmans, Flemish author, dies at 79 


Sep 23 Arthur Walter Kramer, composer 


Sep 23 Ed Cartwright bats in 7 RBIs in 1 inning. 


Sep 24 Alan Herbert, England, journalist/writer (Punch, Helen). 


Sep 24 Pres of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching and practice of polygamy should be abandoned. 


Sep 25 Congress establishes Yosemite National Park (Calif) 


Sep 25 Start of the Sherlock Holmes adventure "Silver Blaze" (BG) 


Sep 26 US formally ends minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece. 


Sep 26 US formally ends minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3. piece. 


Sep 29 1st pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at Polo Grounds in NYC. 


Oct 01 Alice Joyce, Kansas City MO, actress (Song O' My Heart) 


Oct 01 Congress creates Weather Bureau. 


Oct 01 The McKinley Tariff Act passed by Congress October 1 increases the average U.S. import duty. 


Oct 01 Yosemite National Park established 


Oct 02 Groucho Marx, [Julius], NYC, comedian (Marx Bros, You Bet Your Life). 


Oct 03 Andries Andre, actor (Trumpeter-Major), dies at 36. 


Oct 03 Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo. 


Oct 03 Henry Hull, Louisville KY, actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra). 


Oct 05 Kasimir Edschmid, [Karl E Schmidt], German writer. 


Oct 06 Mormon Church outlaws polygamy. 


Oct 07 John Hill Hewitt, composer, dies at 89 


Oct 08 Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player) 


Oct 09 Aimee Semple McPherson, evangelist (Pentecostal)/radio preacher. 


Oct 09 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Red-Headed League" 


Oct 09 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Red-Headed League". 


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