Historical Events In 1895
Feb 08 Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg
Feb 26 Michael Owens of Toledo OH patents a glass-blowing machine
Apr 24 Joshua Slocum completes around-the-world voyage in 11-m boat
Apr 05 Oscar Wilde loses libel case against Marquess of Queensberry, who accused him of homosexual practices
Apr 11 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
Apr 15 Josephine Blatt (US) makes hip-and-harness lift of 3564 lb (record)
Apr 05 Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested for "Gross Behavior"
Apr 17 Treaty of Shimonoseki signed, ends first Sino-Japanese War (1894-95)
Apr 05 Writer Oscar Wylde is arrested
Apr 18 New York State passed an act that established free public baths! They were to be open 14 hours a day and provide hot and cold water.
Apr 13 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist" (BG)
Apr 05 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the 3 Students" (BG)
Nov 05 Inventor George B. Selden receives a patent on a "road engine," the first gas-powered automobile.
Nov 08 Wilhelm Rontgen discovers x-rays
Nov 21 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Bruce Partington Plans" (BG)
Nov 28 America's first auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner averages 7 MPH
Nov 11 Bechuanaland becomes part of the Cape Colony
Nov 29 The birth of Busby Berkeley , American director and choreographer
Nov 16 Samuel F. Smith, composer of America, dies.
Nov 27 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize
Nov 13 The first shipment of canned pineapple from Hawaii
Nov 26 Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association formed
Nov 05 The first US patent granted for auto (George B Selden)
Dec 02 54th Congress (1895-97) convenes
Dec 17 Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, DC
Dec 17 George Brownell patents a machine to make paper twine (Mass)
Dec 22 Wilhelm Rontgen, the German physicist, makes the first ever X-ray of his wife's hand
May 27 British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector
May 20 The first commercial movie performance (153 Broadway, NYC)
May 30 W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
May 25 Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite
May 06 The birth of Rudolph Valentino, Silent film star
May 24 Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison
May 08 China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
May 24 Henry Irving becomes first theatrical knight
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