Page 2: Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel.   

Feb 06   Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)   

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase and Fable), dies   

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

Feb 07   Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer   

Feb 09   Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator   

Feb 10   John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)   

Feb 10   New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print".   

Feb 10   New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."   

Feb 10   NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print".   

Feb 11   White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC.   

Feb 11   Yves de La Casiniere, composer   

Feb 14   Jorgen Bentzon, composer.   

Feb 15   Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965).   

Feb 17   Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

Feb 17   National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association).   

Feb 18   Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005).   

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81.   

Feb 20   Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window).   

Feb 21   Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek)   

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68.   

Feb 27   Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter).   

Mar 03   Jose Moreno Gans, composer   

Mar 04   Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball.   

Mar 04   William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US.   

Mar 05   American Negro Academy forms.   

Mar 05   Mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek   

Mar 09   Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)   

Mar 10   Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79.   

Mar 11   A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris leads to damage but no human injuries are reported.   

Mar 11   Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58.   

Mar 11   Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources)   

Mar 12   Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel   

Mar 13   Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)   

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Jan 01   Walter greaza: St paul minn, actor (martin kane private eye)   

Jan 02   Jim londos: Greek wrestler    

Jan 03   Marion davies: [marion cecelia douras], bkln, actress (operator 13)   

Jan 03   Pola negri: [barbara a chalupec], polish/us actress (madame bovary)   

Jan 05   Jack wagner: Oh, actor (jive junction)   

Jan 05   Theo mackeben: German pianist/composer (lady fanny, bel ami)   

Jan 06   Billy greene: Actor (burton-one man's family)   

Jan 08   Dennis wheatley: British author   

Jan 12   Isaac pitman: British inventor (pitman shorthand) (b. 1813)   

Jan 30   John cottam: Cricket (test for aust 1897, no sheffield matches),   

Feb 01   Constantin von ettingshausen: Austrian geologist (b. 1826)   

Feb 05   Hoss radbourn: Pitcher won 60 games in 1884,   

Feb 06   Ebenezer c brewer: British writer (dictionary of phrase & fable),    

Feb 07   Galileo ferraris: Italian physicist (ferrari),    

Feb 19   Karl t weierstrass: German mathematician,   

Feb 23   Woldemar bargiel: Composer,