Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel on this day in history.  

Feb 06   On this day in history alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)  

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   Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 09   Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator in the year 1897.  

Feb 10   On this day in history john Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)  

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 new York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."  

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

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   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   In the year 1897 national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)  

Feb 18   Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005) in the year 1897.  

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

Feb 20   Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 27   On this day in history bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)  

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

Mar 04   In the year 1897 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   American Negro Academy forms in the year 1897.  

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) in the year 1897.  

Mar 10   Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58  

Mar 11   Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) on this day in history.  

Mar 12   Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel in the year 1897.  

Mar 13   Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue) on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1897 birth of walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)  

Jan 03   Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 03   Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 05   In the year 1897 birth of jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1897 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)  

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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