Page 2: Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   On this day in history percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men)   

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

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

Feb 03   Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) in the year 1894.   

Feb 03   The first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME on this day in history.   

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

Feb 05   On this day in history female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

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

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks in the year 1894.   

Feb 08   On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher   

Feb 10   On this day in history roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)   

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Feb 14   In the year 1894 jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"   

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   On this day in history british troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast   

Feb 18   In the year 1894 andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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) in the year 1894.   

Feb 25   In the year 1894 ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)   

Feb 25   In the year 1894 james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

Feb 27   On this day in history robert-Lucien Siohan, composer   

Mar 02   On this day in history 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   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 01   In the year 1894 birth of satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)   

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1894 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   Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   In the year 1894 guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24   

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

Feb 11   Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1894.   

Feb 12   Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) died on this day in history.