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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) in the year 1895.   

Feb 04   On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71   

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

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

Feb 08   In the year 1895 king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)   

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

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

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

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

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   On this day in history viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer   

Feb 13   On this day in history fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)   

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   Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Feb 18   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   In the year 1895 congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO   

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

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born in the year 1895.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died in the year 1895.   

Jan 26   On this day in history arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history death of archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)