Today in History for February 1877

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 6 of 6

7th - 1st Guernsey Cattle Club organizes (NYC)
12th - 1st news dispatch by telephone, between Boston & Salem, Mass
12th - US railroad builders strike against wage reduction
20th - 1st cantilever bridge in US completed, Harrodsburg, Kentucky
20th - International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
27th - US Electoral College declares R Hayes winner presidential election

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 22 of 22

1st - Thomas Frederick Dunhill, composer
7th - Feliks Nowowiejski, composer
7th - Godfrey H Hardy, England, number theorist
7th - Julius Curtius, German minister of Foreign affairs (1929-..)
13th - Jazeps Medins, composer
15th - Louis Renault, French automobile executive (d. 1944)
17th - Henri Vandeputte, Belgian author/poet (L'homme Jeune)
17th - Isabelle Eberhardt, Swiss explorer and writer (d. 1904)
17th - André Maginot, French politician (d. 1932)
18th - Betsy Ranucci-Beckmann, [Theodora], Dutch author/actress (Dead Water)
19th - Else Berg, German/Dutch painter
19th - Louis Francois-Marie Aubert, French composer (Habanera)
19th - Gabriele Münter, German painter (d. 1962)
21st - Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist
22nd - Yme C Schuitmaker, Dutch potato salesman/dramatist
24th - Rudolf Ganz, composer
24th - Ettie Rout, New Zealand activist (d. 1936)
25th - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (d. 1935)
26th - Carel S Adama van Scheltema, Dutch poet/writer (socialism)
26th - Russell Alexander, composer
27th - Walter Briggs, Sr., American entrepreneur and sports team owner (d. 1952)
28th - Sergei Bortkiewicz, composer