Today in History for March 1887

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 8 of 8

2nd - American Trotting Association organized in Detroit
3rd - American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa
3rd - Anne Sullivan begins teaching 6 year old blind-deaf Helen Keller
7th - North Carolina State University is founded by the North Carolina General Assembly.
8th - Everett Horton, CT, patents fishing rod of telescoping steel tubes
13th - Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs
15th - 1st salaried fish & game warden (William Alden Smith in Michigan)
24th - Oscar Straus appointed 1st Jewish ambassador from US (to Turkey)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 24 of 24

4th - Violet MacMillan, American Broadway theatre actress (d. 1953)
5th - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, composer (Salon Waltz)
6th - Henri Gagnon, composer
7th - Heino Eller, composer
9th - Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)
9th - Fritz Lenz, German geneticist (d. 1976)
10th - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
11th - Raoul Walsh, American film director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry), (d. 1980)
13th - Carlos Isamitt, composer
14th - George Creten, Belgian sculptor/painter
14th - Lawrence Collingwood, composer
14th - Sylvia Beach, American publisher (d. 1962)
15th - Marjorie Merriweather Post, American socialite and businesswoman (d. 1973)
17th - Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician
21st - Edwin Scharff, German "entartet" painter/sculptor
22nd - Chico Marx, [Leonard Martin], NYC, comedian (Marx Brothers)
23rd - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn-catalog)
23rd - Felix F Yussupov, Russian monarch
23rd - Juan Gris, Spain, cubist painter (Still Life Before an Open Window)
23rd - Sidney Hillman, union leader (Sidney Hillman Foundation)
24th - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, San Jose CA, actor (Keystone comedies)
28th - Rudolf F W Boskaljon, Curacao, musician/composer
30th - Albert P Termote, Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great)
31st - Jose Maria Usandizaga, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

2nd - August W Eichler, German botanist, dies at 47
2nd - Wilhelm Troszel, composer, dies at 63
8th - Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian/critic, dies at 73
8th - Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (b. 1813)
8th - James Buchanan Eads, American engineer (b. 1820)
16th - Emanuel Kania, composer, dies at 59
20th - Pavel Annenkov, Russian literature historian, dies at 73
24th - Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic (b. 1837)
28th - Ditler G Monrad, Danish bishop/premier (1863-..), dies at 75