Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies) on this day in history.   

Mar 24   On this day in history the birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor   

Mar 28   On this day in history ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75   

Mar 28   In the year 1887 rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer   

Mar 30   Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great) on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 01   Leonard Bloomfield, US linguist on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us) on this day in history.   

Apr 04   On this day in history susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS)   

Apr 04   In the year 1887 susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS)   

Apr 05   On this day in history anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller   

Apr 08   In the year 1887 walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)   

Apr 10   Bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947) on this day in history.   

Apr 10   President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il on this day in history.   

Apr 11   Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Apr 12   Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG) on this day in history.   

Apr 21   Lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer in the year 1887.   

Apr 26   On this day in history cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta;   

Apr 26   In the year 1887 huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity   

Apr 26   Huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity on this day in history.   

Apr 28   On this day in history carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67   

Apr 30   1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 in the year 1887.   

Apr 30   Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

May 01   Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48) in the year 1887.   

May 02   Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's) on this day in history.   

May 02   In the year 1887 g Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence   

May 02   Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film in the year 1887.   

May 03   In the Sonora, Mexico region a 7.4 earthquake ruptured the Pitaycachi fault in the year 1887.   

May 05   On this day in history estelle Hemsley, Boston MA   

May 07   In the year 1887 henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes)   

May 08   In the year 1887 alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar   

May 09   Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London in the year 1887.   

May 09   In the year 1887 jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 03   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   In the year 1887 birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)   

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 16   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1887 birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)   

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 in the year 1887.   

Jan 07   On this day in history abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74   

Jan 14   In the year 1887 friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died in the year 1887.   

Feb 10   In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

Feb 15   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

Feb 19   Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.   

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.