Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) in the year 1895.  

Feb 01   The birth of John Ford, American director in the year 1895.  

Feb 02   In the year 1895 george S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL  

Feb 03   Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52) in the year 1895.  

Feb 03   On this day in history wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)  

Feb 04   On this day in history 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago  

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) on this day in history.  

Feb 04   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1895.  

Feb 04   On this day in history first rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago  

Feb 06   In the year 1895 george Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)  

Feb 08   In the year 1895 king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)  

Feb 08   On this day in history tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg  

Feb 09   1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3) on this day in history.  

Feb 09   Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts in the year 1895.  

Feb 11   -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) on this day in history.  

Feb 11   -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC in the year 1895.  

Feb 11   In the year 1895 viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer  

Feb 13   Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk) in the year 1895.  

Feb 13   On this day in history moving picture projector patented  

Feb 14   Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice) in the year 1895.  

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London in the year 1895.  

Feb 15   In the year 1895 23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans  

Feb 17   On this day in history anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)  

Feb 18   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 18   On this day in history george "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)  

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   In the year 1895 abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C.  

Feb 20   On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO  

Feb 20   In the year 1895 congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo  

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Feb 20   In the year 1895 freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)  

Feb 21   In the year 1895 nC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI  

Jan 01   Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)  

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 04   In the year 1895 birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter  

Jan 04   Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest  

Jan 03   On this day in history death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)  

Jan 09   In the year 1895 death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)  

Jan 10   Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Jan 22   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39  

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   On this day in history death of archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)