Page 2: Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1895 the birth of John Ford, American director.   

Feb 02   George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL in the year 1895.   

Feb 03   Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52) in the year 1895.   

Feb 03   Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs) on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1895 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago   

Feb 04   On this day in history annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters)   

Feb 04   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1895 first rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago   

Feb 06   On this day in history george Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)   

Feb 08   On this day in history king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)   

Feb 08   In the year 1895 tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg   

Feb 09   In the year 1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)   

Feb 09   Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts in the year 1895.   

Feb 11   On this day in history -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)   

Feb 11   -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) in the year 1895.   

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC in the year 1895.   

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer in the year 1895.   

Feb 13   Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk) on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Moving picture projector patented in the year 1895.   

Feb 14   In the year 1895 max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice)   

Feb 14   On this day in history oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London   

Feb 14   In the year 1895 oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London   

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans in the year 1895.   

Feb 17   Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) in the year 1895.   

Feb 18   In the year 1895 albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77   

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) in the year 1895.   

Feb 19   In the year 1895 louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)   

Feb 20   In the year 1895 abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C.   

Feb 20   On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO   

Feb 20   On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo   

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 in the year 1895.   

Feb 20   In the year 1895 freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)   

Feb 21   NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI   

Jan 01   Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 02   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mihail Andricu, composer   

Jan 04   Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982) was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

Jan 10   Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1895.   

Jan 22   Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1895.   

Jan 24   In the year 1895 death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)   

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies in the year 1895.   

Jan 28   In the year 1895 francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85   

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died on this day in history.