Page 2: Historical Events In 1895

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

Feb 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1895 wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)   

Feb 04   1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1895.   

Feb 04   First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago in the year 1895.   

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) on this day in history.   

Feb 08   King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) in the year 1895.   

Feb 08   On this day in history tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg   

Feb 09   1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3) on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 11   In the year 1895 georgetown became part of Washington DC   

Feb 11   On this day in history viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer   

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

Feb 13   In the year 1895 moving picture projector patented   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London on this day in history.   

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

Feb 18   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 in the year 1895.   

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77   

Feb 20   Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1895 nC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass   

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Jan 01   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 01   In the year 1895 birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor   

Jan 02   In the year 1895 birth of count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)   

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1895 birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter   

Jan 04   Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 03   James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812) died in the year 1895.   

Jan 10   In the year 1895 benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)   

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

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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