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

Feb 03   In the year 1895 wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)  

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

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) on this day in history.  

Feb 04   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 08   King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) on this day in history.  

Feb 08   Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1895.  

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

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

Feb 11   In the year 1895 georgetown became part of Washington DC  

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   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 in the year 1895.  

Feb 14   On this day in history oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London  

Feb 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1895 albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77  

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) in the year 1895.  

Feb 20   Abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 20   In the year 1895 frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77  

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

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

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born in the year 1895.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)  

Jan 05   In the year 1895 birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest  

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   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   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   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died in the year 1895.