Page 2: Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men)   

Feb 02   US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island   

Feb 03   1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me.   

Feb 03   Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)   

Feb 03   The inaugural US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME   

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

Feb 05   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   

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks.   

Feb 08   Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher.   

Feb 10   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)   

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer   

Feb 11   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.   

Feb 13   Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65.   

Feb 14   Jack Benny, American actor is born   

Feb 14   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"   

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star and evening star   

Feb 15   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)   

Feb 16   British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast   

Feb 18   Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 19   Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career claims).   

Feb 21   Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45.   

Feb 22   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer   

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

Feb 24   Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)   

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!).   

Feb 25   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

Feb 27   Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer   

Mar 02   Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor.   

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

Mar 03   4th and last British government of Gladstone steps down.   

Mar 03   The inaugural Greek newspaper in America was published. It was known as the"Atlantis"   

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Jan 01   Shitsu nakano: Japanese supercentenarian   

Jan 01   Satyendra nath bose: Indian mathematician    

Jan 02   Robert nathan: Nyc, poet, novelist (portrait of jennie)   

Jan 03   Zasu pitts: American actress   

Jan 04   Wesley la violette: Composer   

Jan 04   Manuel de abreu: Brazilian physician    

Jan 07   Jose rozo contreras: Composer   

Jan 08   St maximilian kolbe: Polish martyr    

Jan 01   Heinrich rudolf hertz: German physicist (b. 1857)   

Jan 08   Pierre-joseph van beneden: Paleont (life of tapeworms),    

Jan 13   Nadezhda von meck: Russian patroness of pyotr tchaikovsky (b. 1831)   

Jan 19   Francois haverschmidt: Dutch writer,   

Jan 21   Guillaume jean joseph nicolas lekeu: Composer,   

Feb 04   Antoine j "adolphe" sax: Instrument maker (saxophone),   

Feb 11   Pasqual juan emilio arrieta y corera: Composer,   

Feb 12   Hans von bülow: German pianist and composer (b. 1830)