Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies) in the year 1887.   

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

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

Mar 28   Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer in the year 1887.   

Mar 30   Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great) in the year 1887.   

Mar 31   In the year 1887 jose Maria Usandizaga, composer   

Apr 01   On this day in history leonard Bloomfield, US linguist   

Apr 02   Juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us) in the year 1887.   

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

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) on this day in history.   

Apr 05   In the year 1887 anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller   

Apr 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 president Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il   

Apr 11   On this day in history pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54   

Apr 12   On this day in history henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo   

Apr 14   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)   

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

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

Apr 26   On this day in history huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1887 friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71   

May 01   On this day in history alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48)   

May 02   Edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's) in the year 1887.   

May 02   G Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence in the year 1887.   

May 02   In the year 1887 hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film   

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

May 05   Estelle Hemsley, Boston MA in the year 1887.   

May 07   Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes) on this day in history.   

May 08   On this day in history alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar   

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

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

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Jan 01   In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)   

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1887 birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)   

Jan 16   In the year 1887 birth of john Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman)   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 in the year 1887.   

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 in the year 1887.   

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies in the year 1887.   

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 27   On this day in history alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53