Page 2: Historical Events In 1895

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

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

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) on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)   

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

Feb 04   In the year 1895 annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters)   

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

Feb 04   On this day in history first rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago   

Feb 06   In the year 1895 george Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)   

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

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

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 in the year 1895.   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)   

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC on this day in history.   

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   Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice) in the year 1895.   

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

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

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   In the year 1895 george "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)   

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) in the year 1895.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born in the year 1895.   

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

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 in the year 1895.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1895 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   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   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   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 in the year 1895.   

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