Page 2: Historical Events In 1897

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

Feb 06   In the year 1897 alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

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

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

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

Feb 11   In the year 1897 yves de La Casiniere, composer   

Feb 14   In the year 1897 jorgen Bentzon, composer   

Feb 15   Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965) in the year 1897.   

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

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

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

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

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) in the year 1897.   

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   In the year 1897 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   American Negro Academy forms in the year 1897.   

Mar 05   Mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek on this day in history.   

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

Mar 10   In the year 1897 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   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   Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel on this day in history.   

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

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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   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 in the year 1897.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

Jan 05   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) was born in the year 1897.   

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

Jan 30   On this day in history john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies   

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 in the year 1897.   

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