Page 6: Historical Events In 1895

May 24   Henry Irving is recorded as becoming inaugural theatrical knight.   

May 24   Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73   

May 24   Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison   

May 25   Ahmed Djevdet Pasja, Turkish minister of Justice, dies at 73   

May 25   In this year, 20th Preakness: Fred Taral aboard Belmar claims in 1:50.5.   

May 25   Oscar Wilde sentenced to 2 years hard labor for being a sodomite.   

May 26   Dorothea Lange, US documentary photographer.   

May 27   British inventor Birt Acres patents film camera/projector   

May 27   Marij Kogoj, composer   

May 30   Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's).   

May 30   W G Grace scores his 1000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days.   

Jun 03   Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia and Western Dominance)   

Jun 04   Dino Conte Grandi, Italy, delegate to league of nations (1925-32).   

Jun 05   August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus)   

Jun 10   Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision).   

Jun 11   1st auto race   

Jun 11   Charles E. Duryea receives the inaugural U.S. patent to an American inventor for a gas-powered automobile.   

Jun 11   Nikolai A Bulganin, Gorki Russia, premier of USSR (1955-58)   

Jun 13   In this year, Emile Levassor claims 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)   

Jun 13   In this year, mile Levassor claims inaugural Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph).   

Jun 14   Cliff Edwards, "Ukulele Ike", Hannibal Missouri, singer (54th Street Revue, When You Wish Upon a Star).   

Jun 15   Richard Genee, composer, dies at 72   

Jun 16   Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel and Hardy)   

Jun 17   Slavko Osterc, composer   

Jun 17   US Ship Canal (W 225th St) in the Bronx completed; cutting Marble Hill off from Manhattan   

Jun 18   Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, Spanish supercentenarian.   

Jun 20   1st female PhD (science) earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)   

Jun 20   A Charlois discovers asteroid #404 Arsinoe.   

Jun 20   inaugural female doctor of science earned (Caroline Willard Baldwin)   

Jun 20   Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation.   

Jun 21   British Roseberry govt falls   

Jun 23   Joseph Paul Skelly, composer, dies at 44.   

Jun 24   Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26).   

Jun 26   Jankel Adler, Polish painter.   

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

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

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   Mihail Andricu, composer was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 04   Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter was born in the year 1895.   

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

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   In the year 1895 death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

Jan 10   Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1895.   

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   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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