Page 2: Historical Events In 1887

Feb 03   On this day in history to avoid disputed natl elections, Congress creates Electoral Count Act   

Feb 04   On this day in history interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads   

Feb 05   Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Otello" premieres at La Scala in Italy on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1887 snow falls on San Francisco   

Feb 08   Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minn became the 1st US ski club on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Dawes Act passed (Indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Henry Zimmerman, baseball player (1912-batted .372 with 14 HRs) in the year 1887.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1887 1st newspaper convention (Rochester NY)   

Feb 17   Leevi Antti Madetoja, composer in the year 1887.   

Feb 18   On this day in history nikos Kasandsakis, writer   

Feb 19   On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66   

Feb 20   In the year 1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes (Pittsburgh)   

Feb 20   David McKinley Williams, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 20   On this day in history germany, Austria-Hungary &France end Triple Alliance   

Feb 21   In the year 1887 1st US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn)   

Feb 21   First US bacteriology laboratory opens (Brooklyn) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Oregon becomes first US state to make Labor Day a holiday in the year 1887.   

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   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   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   In the year 1887 birth of wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence   

Jan 03   Helen Parkhurst, US educator (Education on the Dalton plan) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of august Macke, German painter (d. 1914)   

Jan 10   On this day in history birth of robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)   

Jan 11   Aldo Leopold, founder (Wilderness Society) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   George Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949) was born in the year 1887.   

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

Jan 17   Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975) was born in the year 1887.   

Jan 01   Johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 14   Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   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.