Page 5: Historical Events In 1878

May 21   On this day in history glenn Hammond Curtiss, US, inventor (hydroplane)   

May 22   On this day in history franz von Holstein, composer, dies at 52   

May 23   Attorney John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia on this day in history.   

May 23   On this day in history atty John Henry Smyth named minister to Liberia   

May 24   On this day in history cA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston   

May 24   On this day in history cA Parker (Harvard) wins first American bike race, Beacon Park Boston   

May 24   Lillian Moller Gilbreth, engineer (CIOS Gold Medal-1954) in the year 1878.   

May 25   Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, actor (Stormy Weather, Little Colonel) on this day in history.   

May 25   In the year 1878 gilbert &Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore" premieres in London   

May 25   Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London on this day in history.   

May 27   In the year 1878 6th Preakness: C Holloway aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:41.75   

May 27   In the year 1878 australia Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19   

May 27   On this day in history carlo Marsili, composer, dies at 49   

May 31   In the year 1878 german battleship Grosser Kurfürst sinks, 284 killed   

May 31   In the year 1878 german battleship Grosser Kurfurst sinks, 284 killed   

May 31   US Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation in the year 1878.   

Jun 01   On this day in history john Masefield, England, 15th poet laureate (Salt-Water Ballads)   

Jun 04   On this day in history cyprus ceded by Turkey to Britain for administrative purposes   

Jun 04   On this day in history frank N D Buchman, US theologist (Moral Rearmament)   

Jun 04   Turkey turns Cypress over to the British on this day in history.   

Jun 05   Franklyn Farnum, actor (Cowboy & Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days) in the year 1878.   

Jun 05   The birth of Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Gottfried Herrmann, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Jun 08   12th Belmont: L Hughes aboard Duke of Magenta wins in 2:43.5 on this day in history.   

Jun 11   DC is given a new govt by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974) in the year 1878.   

Jun 12   On this day in history hendrik J Jut, Dutch murderer [Head of Jut], dies at 26   

Jun 12   On this day in history james O Curwood, US, journalist/writer (Kazan the wolfdog)   

Jun 13   Congress of Berlin meets to divide African colonization in the year 1878.   

Jun 15   1st attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground on this day in history.   

Jun 15   Eduard R Verkade, Dutch actor/director/critic (Pygmalion) in the year 1878.   

Jun 15   On this day in history the first attempt at motion pictures (used 12 cameras, each taking 1 picture) done to see if all 4 of a horse's hooves leave the ground   

Jun 17   In the year 1878 albert Thomas, French socialist politician   

Jun 18   C H F Peters discovers asteroid #188 Menippe on this day in history.   

Jun 19   On this day in history james M Kilroe, priest of St Mary Star of the Sea, in the Bronx   

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Jan 01   In the year 1878 birth of edwin Franko Goldman, composer   

Jan 01   Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 04   In the year 1878 birth of alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs & Other Stories)   

Jan 04   Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 06   In the year 1878 birth of carl Sandburg, US, poet/biographer of Lincoln (The People, Yes)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina (d. 1970)   

Jan 11   Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator (1926) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 12   Ferenc Molnar, Hungarian/US playwright (A Pal Utrai Fiuk) was born in the year 1878.   

Jan 07   François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist (b. 1794) died in the year 1878.   

Jan 09   In the year 1878 victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57   

Jan 18   In the year 1878 death of antoine César Becquerel, French physicist (b. 1788)   

Jan 19   Henri V Regnault, French physicist/chemist, dies at 67 in the year 1878.   

Feb 01   George Cruikshank, English illustrator (Grimm), dies at 85 in the year 1878.   

Feb 07   In the year 1878 pius IX, "Pio Nono", [Giovanni Ferretti], Pope (1846-78), dies at 85   

Feb 08   In the year 1878 elias M Fries, Swedish botanist (mycologicum), dies at 83   

Feb 17   On this day in history jose Amador de los Rios, Spanish historian/poet, dies at 59