Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   In the year 1897 marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel  

Feb 06   In the year 1897 alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)  

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 07   In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

Feb 07   On this day in history quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer  

Feb 09   On this day in history charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator  

Feb 10   In the year 1897 john Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)  

Feb 10   New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on this day in history.  

Feb 10   In the year 1897 new York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."  

Feb 10   On this day in history nY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"  

Feb 11   On this day in history white Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC  

Feb 11   On this day in history yves de La Casiniere, composer  

Feb 14   On this day in history jorgen Bentzon, composer  

Feb 15   On this day in history earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)  

Feb 17   In the year 1897 johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)  

Feb 17   National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) in the year 1897.  

Feb 18   On this day in history charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)  

Feb 19   In the year 1897 karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81  

Feb 20   On this day in history ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)  

Feb 21   Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek) on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1897.  

Feb 27   In the year 1897 bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)  

Mar 03   In the year 1897 jose Moreno Gans, composer  

Mar 04   On this day in history francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball  

Mar 04   In the year 1897 william McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US  

Mar 05   On this day in history american Negro Academy forms  

Mar 05   On this day in history mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek  

Mar 09   Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) on this day in history.  

Mar 10   On this day in history teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79  

Mar 11   On this day in history a meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.  

Mar 11   In the year 1897 berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58  

Mar 11   On this day in history henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources)  

Mar 12   Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue) in the year 1897.  

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Jan 01   Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)  

Jan 05   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 08   Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died in the year 1897.  

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies in the year 1897.  

Feb 01   In the year 1897 death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)  

Feb 05   In the year 1897 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42  

Feb 06   On this day in history ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies  

Feb 07   In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 23   On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68