Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel on this day in history.  

Feb 06   Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) in the year 1897.  

Feb 06   On this day in history 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 07   In the year 1897 quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer  

Feb 09   Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator in the year 1897.  

Feb 10   On this day in history john Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)  

Feb 10   New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on this day in history.  

Feb 10   In the year 1897 new York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."  

Feb 10   In the year 1897 nY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"  

Feb 11   White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC on this day in history.  

Feb 11   On this day in history yves de La Casiniere, composer  

Feb 14   Jorgen Bentzon, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 15   In the year 1897 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) in the year 1897.  

Feb 17   National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) in the year 1897.  

Feb 18   Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005) in the year 1897.  

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 in the year 1897.  

Feb 20   In the year 1897 ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)  

Feb 21   On this day in history celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek)  

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

Feb 27   Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter) in the year 1897.  

Mar 03   On this day in history jose Moreno Gans, composer  

Mar 04   Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball in the year 1897.  

Mar 04   In the year 1897 william McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US  

Mar 05   American Negro Academy forms in the year 1897.  

Mar 05   Mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek in the year 1897.  

Mar 09   On this day in history premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)  

Mar 10   Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1897.  

Mar 11   On this day in history a meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.  

Mar 11   Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1897.  

Mar 11   Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) in the year 1897.  

Mar 12   On this day in history vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel  

Mar 13   Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue) on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1897 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   In the year 1897 birth of pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)  

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

Jan 05   In the year 1897 birth of theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)  

Jan 06   Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) was born in the year 1897.  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1897 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)  

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

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   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies in the year 1897.  

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   On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68