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

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

Feb 07   Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer in the year 1897.  

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1897 white Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC  

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

Feb 14   Jorgen Bentzon, composer on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

Feb 17   In the year 1897 national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)  

Feb 18   In the year 1897 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) in the year 1897.  

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

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

Mar 03   Jose Moreno Gans, composer in the year 1897.  

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

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   Mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek in the year 1897.  

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

Mar 10   In the year 1897 teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79  

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

Mar 11   Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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) on this day in history.  

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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   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   In the year 1897 birth of pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)  

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

Jan 05   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) died in the year 1897.  

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

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 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.