Historical Events In 1887
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Feb 03 To avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act in the year 1887.
Feb 04 In the year 1887 interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads
Feb 05 In the year 1887 giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy
Feb 05 Snow falls on San Francisco on this day in history.
Feb 08 Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club in the year 1887.
Feb 08 In the year 1887 dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship)
Feb 09 In the year 1887 henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs)
Feb 10 In the year 1887 ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73
Feb 10 On this day in history [Fran J] Vital Celen, Flemish literary/author [or Feb 9]
Feb 11 In the year 1887 john van Melle, South African writer (Dawid Booysen)
Feb 13 In the year 1887 alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I
Feb 14 Cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000 in the year 1887.
Feb 15 On this day in history alexander Borodin, composer, dies
Feb 15 In the year 1887 h M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist
Feb 16 1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY) in the year 1887.
Feb 17 On this day in history leevi Antti Madetoja, composer
Feb 18 Nikos Kasandsakis, writer in the year 1887.
Feb 19 Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 in the year 1887.
Feb 20 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh) on this day in history.
Feb 20 David McKinley Williams, composer on this day in history.
Feb 20 Germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance in the year 1887.
Feb 21 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn) on this day in history.
Feb 21 On this day in history first US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)
Feb 21 Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday on this day in history.
Feb 21 On this day in history savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
Feb 22 Mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award) on this day in history.
Feb 22 Union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati in the year 1887.
Feb 23 Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco in the year 1887.
Feb 23 In the year 1887 congress grants Seal Rocks to SF
Feb 23 French/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die in the year 1887.
Feb 23 On this day in history oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer
Feb 24 Mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate) on this day in history.
Feb 25 Leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter) on this day in history.
Feb 26 Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) in the year 1887.
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