Historical Events In 1897

Jan 01   In the year 1897 brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York   

Jan 03   Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13) on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1897 jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

Jan 06   Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship   

Jan 09   On this day in history luis Gianneo, composer   

Jan 10   In the year 1897 albert Moeschinger, composer   

Jan 10   In the year 1897 henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman," premieres in Helsingfors   

Jan 11   M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah) in the year 1897.   

Jan 11   M H Cannon becomes first woman state senator in US (Utah) in the year 1897.   

Jan 12   Hendrik J Valk, painter/cartoonist/graphic artist on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed   

Jan 14   6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) first climbed on this day in history.   

Jan 16   John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Nils Asther, Malmö Sweden, actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster) on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Natacha Rambova, Salt Lake City UT, costume designer on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Mae Busch, Australian/US actress (Cowboy Socialist) in the year 1897.   

Jan 21   J Carrol Naish, NYC, actor (Charlie Chan-Adv of Charlie Chan) on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Josef Stanislav, composer in the year 1897.   

Jan 23   On this day in history amanda Berry Smith, famous African   

Jan 23   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG) in the year 1897.   

Jan 23   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (BG)   

Jan 26   Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army in the year 1897.   

Jan 26   On this day in history battle at Bida Gold Coast: British troops beat Nupe's army   

Jan 27   On this day in history british troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)   

Jan 28   Valentin Katayev, Odessa Ukraine, novelist/playwright (Embezzled) in the year 1897.   

Jan 29   In the year 1897 ishbel, Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General, helps found the Victorian Order of Nurses at the request of the National Council of Women   

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies in the year 1897.   

Feb 01   In the year 1897 denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)   

Feb 01   Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul on this day in history.   

Feb 02   The Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg is destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

Feb 04   Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (CDU) on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO on this day in history.   

Feb 05   In the year 1897 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42   

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Jan 01   Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye) was born in the year 1897.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)   

Jan 03   Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) was born in the year 1897.   

Jan 05   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) was born in the year 1897.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)   

Jan 08   In the year 1897 birth of dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)   

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 01   On this day in history death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)   

Feb 05   In the year 1897 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42   

Feb 06   In the year 1897 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies   

Feb 07   On this day in history galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.