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 on this day in history.  

Feb 02   George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL on this day in history.  

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   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   First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 08   King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) in the year 1895.  

Feb 08   In the year 1895 tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg  

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

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

Feb 11   In the year 1895 -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)  

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

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

Feb 11   On this day in history viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer  

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

Feb 13   Moving picture projector patented on this day in history.  

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 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   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 in the year 1895.  

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   Abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1895.  

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   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   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1895 birth of boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982) was born in the year 1895.  

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

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

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 in the year 1895.  

Jan 28   In the year 1895 francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85  

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