Page 2: Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1894 uS warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island   

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

Feb 03   Norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers) on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history the first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME   

Feb 04   On this day in history antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

Feb 05   In the year 1894 female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

Feb 07   In the year 1894 the Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.   

Feb 08   Enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher on this day in history.   

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

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1894.   

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

Feb 13   On this day in history franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65   

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

Feb 14   In the year 1894 the birth of Jack Benny, American actor   

Feb 14   On this day in history venus is both a morning star & evening star   

Feb 15   On this day in history oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN)   

Feb 16   In the year 1894 british troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast   

Feb 18   In the year 1894 andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain   

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   Gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer in the year 1894.   

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 in the year 1894.   

Feb 24   In the year 1894 nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)   

Feb 25   On this day in history ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!)   

Feb 25   In the year 1894 james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

Feb 27   Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer in the year 1894.   

Mar 02   On this day in history renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor   

Mar 03   1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis" on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)   

Jan 02   In the year 1894 birth of robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)   

Jan 03   In the year 1894 birth of zaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963)   

Jan 04   Wesley La Violette, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) was born in the year 1894.   

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

Jan 08   St Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 13   Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 12   In the year 1894 death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)