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   In the year 1895 george S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL  

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

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

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) in the year 1895.  

Feb 08   King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) on this day in history.  

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

Feb 09   On this day in history 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)  

Feb 09   Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts on this day in history.  

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   Georgetown became part of Washington DC in the year 1895.  

Feb 11   In the year 1895 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   Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice) in the year 1895.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17   In the year 1895 anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)  

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) on this day in history.  

Feb 19   On this day in history louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)  

Feb 20   On this day in history 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   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   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   In the year 1895 birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI  

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

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born in the year 1895.  

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   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 in the year 1895.  

Jan 10   On this day in history 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   In the year 1895 francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85  

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