Page 2: Historical Events In 1897

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

Feb 06   On this day in history alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)   

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

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

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) in the year 1897.   

Feb 17   On this day in history johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

Feb 17   On this day in history national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)   

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

Feb 19   On this day in history karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81   

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

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

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1897.   

Feb 27   On this day in history bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)   

Mar 03   Jose Moreno Gans, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 04   On this day in history francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball   

Mar 04   On this day in history william McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US   

Mar 05   On this day in history american Negro Academy forms   

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

Mar 09   In the year 1897 premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)   

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   On this day in history berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 11   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1897.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1897.   

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   On this day in history karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81   

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