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   In the year 1897 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 07   Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

Feb 11   In the year 1897 white Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC  

Feb 11   Yves de La Casiniere, composer in the year 1897.  

Feb 14   On this day in history jorgen Bentzon, composer  

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

Feb 17   On this day in history johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)  

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

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 in the year 1897.  

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

Feb 27   Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter) in the year 1897.  

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   On this day in history william McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US  

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

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   In the year 1897 vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel  

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 in the year 1897.  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1897 birth of billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)  

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies  

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

Feb 05   On this day in history hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42  

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

Feb 07   On this day in history galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49  

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

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