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   Germany/Austria-Hungary/France sign Triple Alliance on this day in history.   

May 20   Sigrid Undset, Norway, novelist (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel 1928) in the year 1882.   

May 20   St Gotthard-railroad tunnel between Switzerland & Italy opens on this day in history.   

May 21   Georgine M "May" Basting, actress (Hostage Rights of Aemstel) on this day in history.   

May 23   On this day in history 6" of snow falls in eastern Iowa   

May 23   On this day in history james Gleason, NYC, writer/actor (Bishop's Wife, Flying Fool)   

May 24   Creighton Hale, Cork Ireland, actor (Gorilla Man, Way Down East) in the year 1882.   

May 25   On this day in history harry Fox, entertainer   

May 27   On this day in history 10th Preakness: T Costello aboard Vanguard wins in 2:44.5   

Jun 01   On this day in history john Drinkwater, English poet/playwright (Abraham Lincoln)   

Jun 02   Guiseppi Garibaldi, Italian rebel leader, dies at 74 in the year 1882.   

Jun 02   Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris on this day in history.   

Jun 04   On this day in history karl Valentin, German comic/writer   

Jun 05   On this day in history igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [OS]   

Jun 05   On this day in history storm & floods hits Bombay; about 100,000 die   

Jun 05   The birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor in the year 1882.   

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

Jun 06   In the year 1882 electric iron patented by Henry W. Seely, NYC   

Jun 08   In the year 1882 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   In the year 1882 neville Henderson, British diplomat   

Jun 14   On this day in history ion Antonescu, fascist premier/dictator of Roemenia   

Jun 16   On this day in history 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa   

Jun 17   In the year 1882 igor F Stravinsky, Oranienbaum Russia, composer (Rite of Spring) [NS]   

Jun 17   On this day in history the birth of Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer and conductor   

Jun 17   Tornado kills 130 in Iowa in the year 1882.   

Jun 18   In the year 1882 georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]   

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   In the year 1882 nL expels umpire Richard Higham for dishonesty   

Jun 27   On this day in history eduard Spranger, German psychologist/educator   

Jun 30   In the year 1882 charles J Guiteau, assassin (Pres Garfield), hanged   

Jul 02   In the year 1882 edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria)   

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Jan 01   W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar (1919-34)/Dutch MP (VVD) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Willem Benoy, Flemish actor/director (Pygmalion) was born in the year 1882.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of herbert Bayard Swope, U.S. journalist who coined the term "Cold War" (d. 1958)   

Jan 06   In the year 1882 birth of samuel Rayburn, Tenn, (Rep-D-Tx), speaker of the House (1940-57)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (d. 1949)   

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   In the year 1882 william H Ainsworth, English writer (Guy Fawkes), dies at 76   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history death of richard Henry Dana, U.S. novelist (Two Years Before the Mast) (b. 1815)   

Jan 11   In the year 1882 death of theodor Schwann, German physiologist (b. 1810)   

Jan 13   Wilhelm Mauser, German weapon designer and manufacturer (b. 1834) died in the year 1882.   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72   

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