Historical Events In 1895

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

Feb 01   On this day in history the birth of John Ford, American director.  

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   In the year 1895 wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)  

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

Feb 04   In the year 1895 annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters)  

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

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

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   1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3) in the year 1895.  

Feb 09   On this day in history volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts  

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

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

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

Feb 13   In the year 1895 moving picture projector patented  

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

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

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

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) on this day in history.  

Feb 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor  

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   Mihail Andricu, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)  

Jan 05   In the year 1895 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   Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 24   On this day in history death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)  

Jan 26   In the year 1895 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies  

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

Feb 02   In the year 1895 death of archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)