Historical Events In 1887

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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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 in the year 1887.   

Jan 03   August Macke, German painter (d. 1914) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1887 birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)   

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

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 16   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born in the year 1887.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1887 abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1887 death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 in the year 1887.   

Feb 15   Alexander Borodin, composer, dies on this day in history.   

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

Feb 27   In the year 1887 alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53