Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

May 25   On this day in history w Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker   

May 27   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) on this day in history.   

May 28   Milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist on this day in history.   

May 30   92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May in the year 1879.   

May 30   92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May on this day in history.   

May 30   On this day in history colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)   

May 30   On this day in history gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden   

May 31   In the year 1879 1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition   

May 31   First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.   

May 31   On this day in history madison Square Garden opens its doors   

May 31   On this day in history mark Hambourg, composer   

Jun 01   On this day in history napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War.   

Jun 02   Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) in the year 1879.   

Jun 02   On this day in history e Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23   

Jun 03   Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer on this day in history.   

Jun 05   In the year 1879 13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75   

Jun 05   In the year 1879 adolf Wiklund, composer   

Jun 06   L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect in the year 1879.   

Jun 07   Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Dudley Digges in the year 1879.   

Jun 10   Benjamin Lambord, composer in the year 1879.   

Jun 11   On this day in history roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager   

Jun 11   On this day in history willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39   

Jun 13   On this day in history a Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella   

Jun 13   George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1879 fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)   

Jun 16   In the year 1879 gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC   

Jun 16   On this day in history gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC   

Jun 18   On this day in history w H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage   

Jun 21   In the year 1879 f W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately)   

Jun 21   In the year 1879 f W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately)   

Jun 21   Umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide) in the year 1879.   

Jun 23   In the year 1879 william Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman   

Jun 24   On this day in history agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer   

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Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)   

Jan 01   Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon)   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces)   

Jan 02   Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)   

Jan 09   On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

Jan 13   On this day in history wF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58   

Jan 16   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle   

Jan 23   On this day in history adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 29   On this day in history antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80   

Feb 11   Honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies in the year 1879.   

Feb 21   On this day in history peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69