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   US warship Kearsarge wrecked on Roncador Reef, near Solomon Island in the year 1894.   

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

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   On this day in history antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79   

Feb 05   In the year 1894 female suffrage organization in Amsterdam forms   

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

Feb 08   In the year 1894 enforcement Act repealed, making it easier to disenfranchise blacks   

Feb 08   In the year 1894 ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher   

Feb 10   Roy D'Arcy, SF, actor (Warning Shadows, Revolt of Zombies) on this day in history.   

Feb 11   Alfonso Leng, composer in the year 1894.   

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

Feb 12   Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into Paris's Cafe Terminus, killing one and wounding 20 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   In the year 1894 jack Benny, [Benjamin Kubelski], Waukegan Ill, "Oh! Rochester!"   

Feb 14   The birth of Jack Benny, American actor in the year 1894.   

Feb 14   Venus is both a morning star & evening star in the year 1894.   

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

Feb 16   In the year 1894 british troops occupy Ilorin, Gold Coast   

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

Feb 19   Ernesto Camillo Sivori, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 21   In the year 1894 gustave Caillebotte, French shipbuilding designer/painter, dies at 45   

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

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

Feb 23   Stanley Cup: Montreal AAA's awarded cup by trustees as Ottawa refuses to travel to Toronto to play on this day in history.   

Feb 24   In the year 1894 nicaragua captures Tegucigalpa, Honduras (National Day, sort of)   

Feb 25   Ernst Friedrich, Breslau Germany, pacifist (War Against War!) on this day in history.   

Feb 25   James Morrison Steele Mackaye, US actor/author/director, dies at 51 in the year 1894.   

Feb 27   Robert-Lucien Siohan, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 03   4th & last British government of Gladstone resigns in the year 1894.   

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Jan 01   Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Robert Nathan, NYC, poet, novelist (Portrait of Jennie) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 03   ZaSu Pitts, American actress (d. 1963) was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 04   Wesley La Violette, composer was born in the year 1894.   

Jan 04   Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Jose Rozo Contreras, composer was born in the year 1894.   

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

Jan 01   Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, German physicist (b. 1857) died in the year 1894.   

Jan 08   Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, paleont (life of tapeworms), dies at 84 in the year 1894.   

Jan 13   Nadezhda von Meck, Russian patroness of Pyotr Tchaikovsky (b. 1831) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24   

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

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

Feb 12   In the year 1894 death of hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer (b. 1830)