What Happened In February 1887 - Historical Events 1887 February

Historical Events for February, 1887

2nd » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
8th » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native Americans in the United States named Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
23rd » The French Riviera is hit by a large earthquake, killing around 2,000.

1st » Charles Nordhoff, English-American author (d. 1947)
2nd » Ernst Hanfstaengl, German businessman (d. 1975)
2nd » Pat Sullivan (film producer) known as Pat Sullivan, Australian-American animator and producer (d. 1933)
3rd » Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (d. 1914)
4th » Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (d. 1981)
6th » Josef Frings, German cardinal (d. 1978)
7th » Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (d. 1983)
9th » Toivo Aro, Finnish diver (d. 1962)
11th » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author (d. 1953)
13th » Géza Csáth, Hungarian playwright and critic (d. 1919)
16th » Kathleen Clifford, American actress (d. 1962)
17th » Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (d. 1947)
17th » Joseph Bech, Luxembourgish politician, 15th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 1975)
20th » Vincent Massey, Canadian politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (d. 1967)
21st » Korechika Anami, Japanese general (d. 1945)
22nd » Savielly Tartakower, Polish chess player (d. 1956)
26th » Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (d. 1950)
26th » William Frawley, American actor (d. 1966)
26th » Stefan Grabiński, Polish author (d. 1936)
27th » Pyotr Nesterov, Russian captain, pilot, and engineer (d. 1914)