Page 2: Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) in the year 1894.   

Feb 02   US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island in the year 1894.   

Feb 03   On this day in history 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me   

Feb 03   Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history the first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME   

Feb 04   In the year 1894 antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

Feb 05   In the year 1894 female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

Feb 07   On this day in history the Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.   

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher in the year 1894.   

Feb 10   In the year 1894 roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)   

Feb 11   On this day in history alfonso Leng, composer   

Feb 11   Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   On this day in history anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.   

Feb 13   Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" in the year 1894.   

Feb 14   The birth of Jack Benny, American actor on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star & evening star in the year 1894.   

Feb 15   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) in the year 1894.   

Feb 16   In the year 1894 british troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast   

Feb 18   Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain on this day in history.   

Feb 19   In the year 1894 ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 19   Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) in the year 1894.   

Feb 21   Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 in the year 1894.   

Feb 22   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer in the year 1894.   

Feb 23   Stanley Cup Montréal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play in the year 1894.   

Feb 23   Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) in the year 1894.   

Feb 25   On this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

Feb 27   In the year 1894 robert-Lucien Siohan, composer   

Mar 02   In the year 1894 renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor   

Mar 03   1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis" on this day in history.   

Mar 03   4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns in the year 1894.   

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Jan 01   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 02   In the year 1894 birth of robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)   

Jan 03   In the year 1894 birth of zaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)   

Jan 04   In the year 1894 birth of wesley La Violette, composer   

Jan 04   Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of st Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

Jan 08   Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1894 death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)   

Jan 19   Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 in the year 1894.   

Jan 21   On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24   

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   On this day in history death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)