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   In the year 1894 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   On this day in history norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)   

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   In the year 1894 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 in the year 1894.   

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks in the year 1894.   

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

Feb 10   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) in the year 1894.   

Feb 11   In the year 1894 alfonso Leng, composer   

Feb 11   In the year 1894 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   Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65 in the year 1894.   

Feb 14   On this day in history jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1894.   

Feb 19   In the year 1894 herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins)   

Feb 21   On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1894 ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)   

Feb 25   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 02   On this day in history renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor   

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

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

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Jan 01   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 01   Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) was born in the year 1894.   

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   In the year 1894 birth of manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)   

Jan 07   In the year 1894 birth of jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

Jan 08   In the year 1894 birth of st Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)   

Jan 01   Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1894.   

Jan 19   In the year 1894 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

Jan 21   Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

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

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.