Page 5: Historical Events In 1882

May 19   On this day in history commodore Shufeldt (USS Swatara) lands in Korea to negotiate first treaty between Korea and Western power   

May 20   On this day in history germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance   

May 20   In the year 1882 sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928)   

May 20   In the year 1882 st Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens   

May 21   On this day in history georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel)   

May 23   In the year 1882 6" of snow falls in eastern Iowa   

May 23   James Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool) in the year 1882.   

May 24   Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East) on this day in history.   

May 25   Harry Fox, entertainer in the year 1882.   

May 27   10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5 in the year 1882.   

Jun 01   John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Abraham Lincoln) in the year 1882.   

Jun 02   In the year 1882 guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74   

Jun 02   Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris in the year 1882.   

Jun 04   Karl Valentin, German comic/writer in the year 1882.   

Jun 05   Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS] in the year 1882.   

Jun 05   Storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die on this day in history.   

Jun 05   On this day in history the birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor   

Jun 06   Cyclone in Arabian Sea (Bombay India) drowns 100,000 in the year 1882.   

Jun 06   Electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC on this day in history.   

Jun 08   On this day in history 16th Belmont: Jim McLaughlin aboard Forester wins in 2:43   

Jun 10   Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans on this day in history.   

Jun 10   Neville Henderson, British diplomat on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1882 ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia   

Jun 16   17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa in the year 1882.   

Jun 17   Igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS] on this day in history.   

Jun 17   The birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1882 tornado kills 130 in Iowa   

Jun 18   Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28] on this day in history.   

Jun 21   On this day in history rockwell Kent, artist/painter/illustrator (Canterbury Tales)   

Jun 24   Joseph Joachim Raff, German opera composer (Cavatine), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jun 24   NL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty on this day in history.   

Jun 27   In the year 1882 eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator   

Jun 30   Charles J Guiteau, assassin (Pres Garfield), hanged in the year 1882.   

Jul 02   Edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria) in the year 1882.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of w C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD)   

Jan 03   In the year 1882 birth of willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion)   

Jan 04   Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943) was born in the year 1882.   

Jan 05   Herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57) was born in the year 1882.   

Jan 06   Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949) was born in the year 1882.   

Jan 06   In the year 1882 birth of fan S. Noli, Albanian bishop (d. 1965)   

Jan 10   Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour) was born in the year 1882.   

Jan 03   William H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (b. 1811) died in the year 1882.   

Jan 06   Richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815) died on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history death of theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)   

Jan 13   In the year 1882 death of wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834)   

Jan 20   John Linnell, British painter/minaturist/engraver, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1882.   

Jan 24   On this day in history death of levi Boone, Mayor of Chicago (b. 1808)