Page 2: 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) 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 07   Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer in the year 1897.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1897 john Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)   

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

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

Feb 10   NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" in the year 1897.   

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

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

Feb 14   In the year 1897 jorgen Bentzon, composer   

Feb 15   On this day in history 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   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) in the year 1897.   

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   Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 04   Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball on this day in history.   

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

Mar 05   American Negro Academy forms on this day in history.   

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   A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported in the year 1897.   

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

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   Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue) in the year 1897.   

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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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history 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 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   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 19   On this day in history karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81   

Feb 23   On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68