Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel in the year 1897.  

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

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

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 in the year 1897.  

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   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   On this day in history new York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."  

Feb 10   On this day in history nY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"  

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

Feb 11   Yves de La Casiniere, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 14   On this day in history jorgen Bentzon, composer  

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) on this day in history.  

Feb 17   In the year 1897 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   In the year 1897 karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81  

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

Feb 21   In the year 1897 celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek)  

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

Feb 27   In the year 1897 bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)  

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

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

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

Mar 05   On this day in history american Negro Academy forms  

Mar 05   In the year 1897 mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek  

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

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

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

Mar 11   Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12   Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died in the year 1897.  

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   On this day in history hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42  

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

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 in the year 1897.  

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.