Page 5: Historical Events In 1879

May 25   W Maxwell Aitken lord Beaverbrook, Canada/English banker in the year 1879.   

May 27   Lucile Watson, actress (Great Lie, Watch on the Rhine, Let's Dance) in the year 1879.   

May 28   On this day in history milutin Milankovic, Yugoslavian astronomer/meteorologist   

May 30   92°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May in the year 1879.   

May 30   92º F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland OH in May on this day in history.   

May 30   Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I) in the year 1879.   

May 30   Gilmore Garden (NYC) renamed Madison Square Garden in the year 1879.   

May 31   1st electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition on this day in history.   

May 31   First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition in the year 1879.   

May 31   Madison Square Garden opens its doors on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1879 mark Hambourg, composer   

Jun 01   Napoleon Eugene, the last dynastic Bonaparte, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Adolf Herckenrath, Flemish playwright/poet (Avondvlam) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   E Louis JJ Napoleon Bonaparte, crown prince, dies in battle at 23 in the year 1879.   

Jun 03   Pieter J A Adriani, Dutch tax lawyer on this day in history.   

Jun 05   13th Belmont: George Evans aboard Spendthrift wins in 2:42.75 on this day in history.   

Jun 05   In the year 1879 adolf Wiklund, composer   

Jun 06   L Patrick Abercrombie, English architect in the year 1879.   

Jun 07   Knud J V Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   On this day in history dudley Digges   

Jun 10   In the year 1879 benjamin Lambord, composer   

Jun 11   On this day in history roger P Bresnaham, hall of fame catcher/manager   

Jun 11   Willem, (crown)prince of Orange, dies of bronchitis or murder at 39 on this day in history.   

Jun 13   A Borrelly discovers asteroid #198 Ampella in the year 1879.   

Jun 13   George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1879 fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Novel Law)   

Jun 16   Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater NYC in the year 1879.   

Jun 16   In the year 1879 gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theatre NYC   

Jun 18   W H Richardson, a black inventor, patents the children's carriage in the year 1879.   

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens 1st store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.   

Jun 21   F W Woolworth opens first store (failed almost immediately) in the year 1879.   

Jun 21   In the year 1879 umberto Brunelleschi, Italian cartoonist/illustrator (Candide)   

Jun 23   William Ewart Berry, 1st viscount Camrose/English nobleman in the year 1879.   

Jun 24   Agrippina J Vaganova, Russian ballet dancer in the year 1879.   

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Jan 01   Edward M Forster, England, novelist (Howards End, Passage to India) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Emile Argand, Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 01   In the year 1879 birth of ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)   

Jan 01   William Fox, US film pioneer (Nickelodeon) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 02   Johannes L "Jan" Walch, Dutch literary (Grimaces) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1879 birth of pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge, 1st lady (1923-29)   

Jan 05   Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946) was born in the year 1879.   

Jan 09   On this day in history don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86   

Jan 13   WF Hendrik the Navigator, prince of Neth/viceroy of Lux, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Octave Crémazie, French Canadian poet (b. 1827) died in the year 1879.   

Jan 22   Anthony Durnford, British colonel, dies in battle on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1879 adolf Jensen, composer, dies at 42   

Jan 29   In the year 1879 antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80   

Feb 11   On this day in history honore Daumier, caricaturist/painter, dies   

Feb 21   Peter P van Bosse, Dutch liberal minister of Finance, dies at 69 on this day in history.