Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) on this day in history.  

Feb 01   The birth of John Ford, American director on this day in history.  

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

Feb 03   On this day in history izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52)  

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

Feb 04   1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 04   On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71  

Feb 04   In the year 1895 first rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago  

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) on this day in history.  

Feb 08   On this day in history king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)  

Feb 08   Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg on this day in history.  

Feb 09   In the year 1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)  

Feb 09   In the year 1895 volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts  

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

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

Feb 11   On this day in history georgetown became part of Washington DC  

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 13   In the year 1895 fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)  

Feb 13   Moving picture projector patented in the year 1895.  

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

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

Feb 14   On this day in history oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London  

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans on this day in history.  

Feb 17   Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) in the year 1895.  

Feb 18   On this day in history albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77  

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) in the year 1895.  

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo on this day in history.  

Feb 20   In the year 1895 frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77  

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

Feb 21   NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor  

Jan 02   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer  

Jan 03   In the year 1895 birth of mihail Andricu, composer  

Jan 04   Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter was born in the year 1895.  

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   In the year 1895 death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)  

Jan 09   Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812) died in the year 1895.  

Jan 10   In the year 1895 benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45  

Jan 22   In the year 1895 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   In the year 1895 francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85  

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died in the year 1895.