Page 2: 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   On this day in history snow falls on San Francisco   

Feb 08   In the year 1887 aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club   

Feb 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 [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   On this day in history alvin York, famed US soldier with 25 kills in WW I   

Feb 14   In the year 1887 cubs sell Mike King Kelly to Boston for record $10,000   

Feb 15   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

Feb 15   H M Bateman, Sutton Forest NSW, cartoonist on this day in history.   

Feb 16   1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY) in the year 1887.   

Feb 17   In the year 1887 leevi Antti Madetoja, composer   

Feb 18   Nikos Kasandsakis, writer on this day in history.   

Feb 19   In the year 1887 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 20   On this day in history 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)   

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   On this day in history 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)   

Feb 21   On this day in history first US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)   

Feb 21   On this day in history oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday   

Feb 21   On this day in history savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player   

Feb 22   On this day in history mary Ellen Chase, educator/author (Windswept, 1959 Sarah Hale Award)   

Feb 22   In the year 1887 union Labor Party organized in Cincinnati   

Feb 23   In the year 1887 congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco   

Feb 23   On this day in history congress grants Seal Rocks to SF   

Feb 23   In the year 1887 french/Italian Riviera struck by Earthquake; 2,000 die   

Feb 23   Oskar Frederik Lindberg, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 24   Mary Ellen Chase, US linguistic/author (White Gate) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   In the year 1887 leonard Carey, England, actor (Laughter)   

Feb 26   In the year 1887 benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950)   

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Jan 01   Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan)   

Jan 03   In the year 1887 birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society)   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)   

Jan 16   John Hamilton, Penn, actor (Perry White-Superman) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)   

Jan 01   On this day in history johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66   

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

Jan 14   On this day in history friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

Jan 17   William Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1887 alexander Borodin, composer, dies   

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

Feb 27   Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.