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

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

Feb 09   On this day in history charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator  

Feb 10   John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

Feb 11   Yves de La Casiniere, composer on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1897 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 in the year 1897.  

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

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

Mar 04   In the year 1897 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 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) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 11   In the year 1897 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   In the year 1897 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   In the year 1897 marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)  

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

Jan 08   Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 12   On this day in history death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)  

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies in the year 1897.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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