Historical Events In 1887

Mar 24   Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies) in the year 1887.   

Mar 24   The birth of Fatty Arbuckle, American silent film actor on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75 in the year 1887.   

Mar 28   Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer in the year 1887.   

Mar 30   Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great) in the year 1887.   

Mar 31   In the year 1887 jose Maria Usandizaga, composer   

Apr 01   On this day in history leonard Bloomfield, US linguist   

Apr 02   Juneau Alaska the US seizes Canadian sealing ships in North Pacific (boy they sure pick on us) in the year 1887.   

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS) in the year 1887.   

Apr 04   Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) in the year 1887.   

Apr 05   On this day in history anne Sullivan teaches "water" to Helen Keller   

Apr 08   In the year 1887 walter Connolly, Cincinnati OH, actor (Good Earth, 5th Avenue Girl)   

Apr 10   On this day in history bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947)   

Apr 10   President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield Il on this day in history.   

Apr 11   In the year 1887 pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer, dies at 54   

Apr 12   Henrik Ibsen's "Rosmersholm," premieres in Oslo on this day in history.   

Apr 14   In the year 1887 start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)   

Apr 21   On this day in history lillian Walker, Brooklyn NY, entertainer   

Apr 26   In the year 1887 cardston, Alberta Joseph Ora Card and a small group of Mormons found the community that will become Cardston, Alberta;   

Apr 26   On this day in history huntsville Electric Co established to sell electricity   

Apr 26   On this day in history huntsville Electric Co forms to sell electricity   

Apr 28   On this day in history carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67   

Apr 30   1st game played at Broad & Huntingdon St Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 in the year 1887.   

Apr 30   Friedrich Wilhelm Markull, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

May 01   Alan Gordon Cunningham, Irish/Brit gen/director of Palestine (1945-48) in the year 1887.   

May 02   In the year 1887 edward Collins, NY, Hall of Fame baseball infielder (White Sox, A's)   

May 02   In the year 1887 g Rossini's corpse transfered to Santa Croce, Florence   

May 02   Hannibal W Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film in the year 1887.   

May 03   On this day in history in the Sonora, Mexico region a 7.4 earthquake ruptured the Pitaycachi fault   

May 05   In the year 1887 estelle Hemsley, Boston MA   

May 07   Henri Pourrat, French writer (Gaspard of the Montagnes) on this day in history.   

May 08   On this day in history alexander Ulyanov, brother of Lenin/hanged for assassination of tsar   

May 09   In the year 1887 buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opens in London.   

May 09   On this day in history jules Van de Leene, Belgian writer   

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

Jan 10   Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1887 birth of george Gurdjieff, Armenian-Greek mystic (d. 1949)   

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

Jan 17   In the year 1887 birth of ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)   

Jan 01   In the year 1887 johan Hendrik Koelman, portrait painter, dies at 66   

Jan 07   Abraham I van Lier, Dutch actor/director (Gran Theatre), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1887 friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter, dies at 83   

Jan 17   On this day in history death of william Giblin, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1840)   

Feb 10   On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73   

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

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

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