Page 2: Historical Events In 1895

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

Feb 03   Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 and 4*, 0-52)   

Feb 03   Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)   

Feb 04   1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago   

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters).   

Feb 04   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71   

Feb 04   inaugural rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago   

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)   

Feb 08   King Vidor, director (War and Peace, Stella Dallas)   

Feb 08   Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg   

Feb 09   1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3).   

Feb 09   Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts.   

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

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

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC   

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer   

Feb 13   Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk).   

Feb 13   Moving picture projector patented   

Feb 14   Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice).   

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London.   

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London   

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans   

Feb 17   Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

Feb 18   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77   

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame).   

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)   

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

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO.   

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo   

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77.   

Feb 20   Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)   

Feb 21   NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass.   

Feb 21   North Carolina Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass   

Feb 22   Victor RaulHaya de la Torre, founder (Peruvian Aprista Party)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1895 birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1895 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   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) died in the year 1895.   

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

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

Jan 22   In the year 1895 edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39   

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   In the year 1895 death of archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)