Page 2: Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   In the year 1894 percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men)   

Feb 02   On this day in history uS warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island   

Feb 03   On this day in history 1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me   

Feb 03   In the year 1894 norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)   

Feb 03   In the year 1894 the first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME   

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

Feb 07   The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks   

Feb 08   On this day in history ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher   

Feb 10   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) in the year 1894.   

Feb 11   In the year 1894 alfonso Leng, composer   

Feb 11   Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20 in the year 1894.   

Feb 13   Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" on this day in history.   

Feb 14   The birth of Jack Benny, American actor on this day in history.   

Feb 14   In the year 1894 venus is both a morning star & evening star   

Feb 15   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) in the year 1894.   

Feb 16   British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain in the year 1894.   

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) in the year 1894.   

Feb 21   On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45   

Feb 22   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Stanley Cup Montréal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of) in the year 1894.   

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 in the year 1894.   

Feb 27   In the year 1894 robert-Lucien Siohan, composer   

Mar 02   In the year 1894 renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor   

Mar 03   In the year 1894 1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis"   

Mar 03   On this day in history 4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns   

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Jan 01   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 01   Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 02   Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of wesley La Violette, composer   

Jan 04   In the year 1894 birth of manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)   

Jan 07   Jose Rozo Contreras, composer was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of st Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)   

Jan 01   In the year 1894 death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

Jan 08   On this day in history pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84   

Jan 13   On this day in history death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)   

Jan 19   In the year 1894 francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

Jan 21   In the year 1894 guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24   

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 in the year 1894.   

Feb 11   In the year 1894 pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 12   On this day in history death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)