Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   On this day in history john Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)  

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   Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52) on this day in history.  

Feb 03   Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs) in the year 1895.  

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

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   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   King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) on this day in history.  

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   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   -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) in the year 1895.  

Feb 11   In the year 1895 georgetown became part of Washington DC  

Feb 11   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Feb 18   In the year 1895 albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77  

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo  

Feb 20   On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77  

Feb 20   On this day in history 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   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1895 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   On this day in history 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   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) died in the year 1895.  

Jan 09   Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1895.  

Jan 22   Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1895.  

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died in the year 1895.  

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

Jan 28   On this day in history francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85  

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