Historical Events In 1895

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 04   In the year 1895 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71  

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

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

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

Feb 08   In the year 1895 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   On this day in history volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts  

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

Feb 11   -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) in the year 1895.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1895 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) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 18   In the year 1895 george "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)  

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

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

Feb 20   Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) in the year 1895.  

Feb 21   NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass in the year 1895.  

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

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mihail Andricu, composer  

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 in the year 1895.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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