Page 2: Historical Events In 1894

Jan 31   Percy Helton, NY, actor (Jail Busters, Harbor of Missing Men) on this day in history.   

Feb 02   On this day in history uS warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island   

Feb 03   1st US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me in the year 1894.   

Feb 03   On this day in history norman Rockwell, US, artist/illustrator (Sat Evening Post covers)   

Feb 03   The first US steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath ME on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 in the year 1894.   

Feb 05   Female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1894 the Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado.   

Feb 08   On this day in history enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks   

Feb 08   Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1894 roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies)   

Feb 11   On this day in history alfonso Leng, composer   

Feb 11   In the year 1894 pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 12   In the year 1894 anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20.   

Feb 13   On this day in history franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician, dies at 65   

Feb 14   Jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!" on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history the birth of Jack Benny, American actor   

Feb 14   In the year 1894 venus is both a morning star & evening star   

Feb 15   Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil, lawyer/statesman (1st pres of UN) on this day in history.   

Feb 16   British troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Andres Segovia, guitarist, Linares, Spain in the year 1894.   

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1894.   

Feb 19   Herb Pennock, hall of fame pitcher (Yankees, 243 career wins) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   On this day in history gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45   

Feb 22   In the year 1894 alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer   

Feb 23   In the year 1894 stanley Cup Montréal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play   

Feb 23   In the year 1894 stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play   

Feb 24   On this day in history nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)   

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) in the year 1894.   

Feb 25   On this day in history james Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51   

Feb 27   Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer in the year 1894.   

Mar 02   Renaat Veremans, Flemish composer/conductor on this day in history.   

Mar 03   1st Greek-language publication in US begins, "NY Atlantis" in the year 1894.   

Mar 03   4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie)   

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Wesley La Violette, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962)   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of jose Rozo Contreras, composer   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of st Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (d. 1941)   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857)   

Jan 08   Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history death of nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831)   

Jan 19   Francois Haverschmidt, Dutch writer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1894 antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

Feb 11   On this day in history pasqual Juan Emilio Arrieta y Corera, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 12   Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830) died in the year 1894.