Page 2: Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history uS warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island   

Feb 03   In the year 1894 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   In the year 1894 the first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME   

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 in the year 1894.   

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Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.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   In the year 1894 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher   

Feb 10   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history alfonso Leng, composer   

Feb 11   In the year 1894 pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 12   In the year 1894 anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.   

Feb 13   In the year 1894 franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65   

Feb 14   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" on this day in history.   

Feb 14   In the year 1894 the birth of Jack Benny, American actor   

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star & evening star on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) on this day in history.   

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   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1894 gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45   

Feb 22   In the year 1894 alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1894 stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play   

Feb 24   In the year 1894 nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)   

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

Feb 25   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 in the year 1894.   

Feb 27   Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer in the year 1894.   

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

Mar 03   In the year 1894 1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis"   

Mar 03   4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)   

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

Jan 02   Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of zaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)   

Jan 04   Wesley La Violette, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)   

Jan 07   Jose Rozo Contreras, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1894 death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

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

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

Feb 11   On this day in history pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

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