Historical Events In 1893

Feb 26   In the year 1893 2 Clydesdale horses set record by pulling 48 tons on a sledge, Michigan  

Feb 26   Ivor A "I A" Richards, English poet/critic (Meaning of Meaning) [NS] on this day in history.  

Feb 27   On this day in history joseph Messner, composer  

Feb 28   Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) in the year 1893.  

Feb 28   Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" on this day in history.  

Feb 28   Edward Acheson, Pennsylvania, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" on this day in history.  

Feb 28   In the year 1893 the birth of Ben Hecht, American writer  

Mar 01   Diplomatic Appropriation Act, authorizes the US rank of ambassador on this day in history.  

Mar 01   On this day in history theo Frenkel, actor (Footlights, Hague's Comedy)  

Mar 02   In the year 1893 1st federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features  

Mar 02   In the year 1893 maxime Dumoulin, composer  

Mar 02   The first federal railroad legislation passed; required safety features in the year 1893.  

Mar 03   On this day in history beatrice Wood, potter/artist/author  

Mar 03   Columbian Isabella silver quarter authorized on this day in history.  

Mar 03   Congress authorizes first federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture on this day in history.  

Mar 04   Francis Dhanis' army attacksthe Lualaba, occupies Nyangwe on this day in history.  

Mar 04   On this day in history grover Cleveland (D) inaugrated as 24th US President (2nd term)  

Mar 05   On this day in history emmett J Culligan, founder of water treatment organization  

Mar 05   On this day in history hippolyte Taine, French philosopher/historian, dies at 64  

Mar 06   Kathleen Smoothy, housewife (last link to Siege of SIdney Street) on this day in history.  

Mar 09   In the year 1893 congo cannibals killed 1000s of Arabs  

Mar 09   Edgar Scauflaire, Belgian muralist/decorator in the year 1893.  

Mar 10   In the year 1893 ivory Coast becomes a French colony  

Mar 10   In the year 1893 new Mexico State University cancels its first graduation ceremony, its only graduate Sam Steele was robbed &killed the night before  

Mar 16   Isobel Elsom, actress (My Fair Lady, Love From a Stranger) in the year 1893.  

Mar 18   Wilfred Owen, England, anti-war poet (Anthem for Doomed Youth) in the year 1893.  

Mar 19   Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Mar 21   In the year 1893 geoffrey Dearmer, poet  

Mar 25   Edward Hart, (Rep-D-NJ)/1st chairman of Com on Un-American Activities on this day in history.  

Mar 26   Palmiro Togliatti, founder (Communist Party of Italy) on this day in history.  

Mar 27   Dragoljub "Draza" Mihailovic, Yugoslavian general/nazi collaborator in the year 1893.  

Mar 30   Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain in the year 1893.  

Mar 30   Thomas F Bayard becomes first US ambassador in Great Britain on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Clemens Krauss, Vienna Austria, conductor (Berlin State Orch-1937) in the year 1893.  

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Jan 02   Lillian Leitzel, German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of pierre Drieu La Rochelle, French novelist/essayist (Gilles)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of manuel Palau Boix, composer  

Jan 04   Yone Minagawa, Japanese, became worlds Oldest living person January 29, 2007. (d. Aug. 13, 2007) was born in the year 1893.  

Jan 05   In the year 1893 birth of friedrich Blume, German musicologist (Das Rassenproblem in der Musik)  

Jan 05   Zoltán Böszörmény, Hungarian Nazi politician (d. unknown) was born in the year 1893.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952)  

Jan 10   Albert Jacka, Australian soldier, first Australian World War I Victoria Cross winner (d. 1932) was born in the year 1893.  

Jan 02   On this day in history death of john Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (b. 1805)  

Jan 07   Jožef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835) died in the year 1893.  

Jan 09   On this day in history mohara, Arab ivory/slave trader, dies in battle & is eaten  

Jan 11   On this day in history benjamin F Butler, US gen/pres candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74  

Jan 15   Fanny Kemble, British actress and author (b. 1809) died on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Johan Philip Koelman, painter/sculptor/architect, dies at 74 in the year 1893.  

Jan 17   In the year 1893 rutherford B Hayes, 19th US Pres (1877-81), dies in Fremont Ohio at 70  

Jan 19   In the year 1893 julius Eichberg, composer, dies at 68