Page 2: Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   On this day in history john Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)   

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

Feb 02   On this day in history george S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL   

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

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   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) in the year 1895.   

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

Feb 08   In the year 1895 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 in the year 1895.   

Feb 11   In the year 1895 -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)   

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

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   In the year 1895 fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)   

Feb 13   Moving picture projector patented in the year 1895.   

Feb 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)   

Feb 20   On this day in history 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   In the year 1895 birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI   

Jan 01   Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1895 birth of boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer   

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1895 birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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.