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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1895 -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   Georgetown became part of Washington DC on this day in history.  

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk) in the year 1895.  

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

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 in the year 1895.  

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) in the year 1895.  

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   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 in the year 1895.  

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

Feb 21   On this day in history nC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor  

Jan 02   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born in the year 1895.  

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

Jan 03   In the year 1895 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 in the year 1895.  

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39  

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   On this day in history francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85  

Feb 02   In the year 1895 death of archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817)