Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel in the year 1897.  

Feb 06   Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1897 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies  

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Feb 07   In the year 1897 quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer  

Feb 09   Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator on this day in history.  

Feb 10   John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) in the year 1897.  

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

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

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

Feb 11   White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC in the year 1897.  

Feb 11   In the year 1897 yves de La Casiniere, composer  

Feb 14   Jorgen Bentzon, composer in the year 1897.  

Feb 15   In the year 1897 earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)  

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

Feb 17   National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 20   Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) in the year 1897.  

Feb 21   In the year 1897 celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek)  

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

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

Mar 03   On this day in history jose Moreno Gans, composer  

Mar 04   Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball on this day in history.  

Mar 04   William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US in the year 1897.  

Mar 05   American Negro Academy forms on this day in history.  

Mar 05   In the year 1897 mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek  

Mar 09   On this day in history premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)  

Mar 10   Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1897.  

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   In the year 1897 birth of jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)  

Jan 03   In the year 1897 birth of marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)  

Jan 03   Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1897 birth of dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)  

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

Jan 30   In the year 1897 john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies  

Feb 01   Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) died on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies in the year 1897.  

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 in the year 1897.  

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 in the year 1897.  

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.