What Happened in October 1887

Historical Events

Oct 13 Australian soprano Nellie Melba makes her operatic debut as Gilda in "Rigoletto" at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels

Oct 21 Detroit clinches best-of-15 touring World Championship with its 8th victory in Game 11 this afternoon in Baltimore, 13-3
Oct 26 "World Championship" Baseball Series, Sportsman's Park, Detroit Wolverines (NL) beat St Louis Browns (AA), 10 games to 5 in series played in bitterly cold conditions
Oct 31 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral work "Capriccio Espagnol" premieres in St Petersburg, Russia

Oct 4 Francis Bull, Norwegian writer (Norsk literature historian), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1974)
Oct 5 Max Ackermann, German "entartet" painter, born in Berlin (d. 1975)
Oct 5 René Cassin, French jurist and judge (Nobel Peace Prize 1968), born in Bayonne, Basque Country, France (d. 1976)
Oct 6 George Brown, English cricket wicketkeeper/batsman (7 Tests; Hampshire), born in Cowley, Oxford, England (d. 1964)

Oct 6 Swiss French architect, city planner and artist (Urbanisme), born in La Chaux-de-Fonds

Oct 6 Maria Jeritza [Marie Jedličková], Czech soprano known as the Moravian Thunderbolt (Vienna Opera, 1912-34, 1953-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1921-32, 1951), born in Brno, Moravia, Austrian Empire (d. 1982) &)
Oct 6 Martin Luis Guzman, Mexican novelist (Eagle & the Serpent), born in Chihuahua, Mexico (d. 1976)
Oct 7 A.C. "Jack" Russell, English cricket batsman (10 Tests, 5 x 100s; Essex CCC), born in Leyton, England (d. 1961)
Oct 7 Gastone De Zuccoli, Italian organist, composer (Autunno; Messa Francescana), and pedagogue, born in Trieste, Austria-Hungary (d. 1958)
Oct 7 Jack Mulhall, American actor and producer (The Three Musketeers, The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand), born in Wappingers Falls, New York (d. 1979)
Oct 8 Huntley Gordon, Canadian actor, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1956)
Oct 10 Rie Cramer, Dutch writer and illustrator, born in Sukabumi, Dutch East Indies (d. 1977)
Oct 11 William Hoppe, American carom billiards player (51 world titles 1906-52), born in Cornwall on Hudson, New York (d. 1959)
Oct 12 Paula von Preradović, Croatian-Austrian poet and writer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1951)

Oct 13 Slovak politician (President of the First Slovak Republic) and collaborator with Nazi Germany, born in Bytča, Slovakia

Oct 22 John Reed, American journalist and communist activist (reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions - "Ten Days that Shook the World"), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1920)
Oct 24 Octave Lapize, French cyclist (Tour de France 1910), born in Paris, France (d. 1917)
Oct 24 Victoria von Battenberg, Queen of Spain as the wife of King Alfonso XIII, born in Balmoral Castle, Scotland (d. 1969)
Oct 25 Emma "Grandma" Gatewood, American ultra-light hiking pioneer and 1st woman to hike the Appalachian Trail alone, born in Mercerville, Ohio (d. 1973)
Oct 25 Willem Andriessen, Dutch composer and pianist (Beethoven), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1964)
Oct 30 Georg Heym, German writer, born in Hirschberg, Lower Silesia (d. 1912)

Oct 31 Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (1928-75), born in Xikou, Zhejiang, China

Oct 31 Newsy Lalonde, Canadian ice hockey (Montreal Canadiens) and lacrosse player, born in Cornwall, Ontario (d. 1970)
Oct 31 William Whysall, British cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30), (d. 1930)

Oct 7 George James Webb, English-American composer, dies at 84
Oct 12 Dinah Craik, English writer (John Halifax, Gentleman), dies at 61
Oct 17 Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (spectroscopy, coined "black body" radiation), dies at 63
Oct 31 George Alexander Macfarren, British composer and musicologist, dies at 74