Page 2: Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   In the year 1897 marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel   

Feb 06   Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

Feb 07   On this day in history quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer   

Feb 09   On this day in history charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator   

Feb 10   John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) in the year 1897.   

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

Feb 10   On this day in history 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" in the year 1897.   

Feb 11   In the year 1897 white Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC   

Feb 11   Yves de La Casiniere, composer in the year 1897.   

Feb 14   On this day in history jorgen Bentzon, composer   

Feb 15   Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965) on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1897 woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68   

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

Mar 03   Jose Moreno Gans, composer in the year 1897.   

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

Mar 04   William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US in the year 1897.   

Mar 05   In the year 1897 american Negro Academy forms   

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

Mar 09   Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) in the year 1897.   

Mar 10   On this day in history teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79   

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   In the year 1897 berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 11   On this day in history henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources)   

Mar 12   Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel in the year 1897.   

Mar 13   On this day in history marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1897 birth of walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)   

Jan 06   In the year 1897 birth of billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)   

Jan 08   Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) was born in the year 1897.   

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

Jan 30   In the year 1897 john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies   

Feb 01   In the year 1897 death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)   

Feb 05   Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

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

Feb 23   In the year 1897 woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68