Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   On this day in history marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel  

Feb 06   Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) in the year 1897.  

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

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

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

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" in the year 1897.  

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 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   Yves de La Casiniere, composer in the year 1897.  

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

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

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

Feb 17   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1897 bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)  

Mar 03   In the year 1897 jose Moreno Gans, composer  

Mar 04   In the year 1897 francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball  

Mar 04   William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US on this day in history.  

Mar 05   American Negro Academy forms in the year 1897.  

Mar 05   Mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek on this day in history.  

Mar 09   Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) in the year 1897.  

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

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 in the year 1897.  

Mar 11   Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) in the year 1897.  

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   On this day in history 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   Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) was born in the year 1897.  

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

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 in the year 1897.  

Feb 05   In the year 1897 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   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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