Page 8: Historical Events In 1897

Sep 05   Doris Kenyon, Syracuse NY, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton) on this day in history.   

Sep 07   George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH in the year 1897.   

Sep 08   In the year 1897 jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Miss, country singer/singing brakeman   

Sep 10   On this day in history nancy Keene Lancaster, designer/Collector   

Sep 10   On this day in history police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20   

Sep 11   After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom in the year 1897.   

Sep 12   Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi in the year 1897.   

Sep 13   In the year 1897 gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer   

Sep 17   3rd US Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago GC in Wheaton Ill on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of NYC," premieres in NYC   

Sep 18   John Mens, writer (People Without Money) in the year 1897.   

Sep 20   Efim Golishev, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 20   In the year 1897 karel Bendl, composer, dies at 59   

Sep 21   In the year 1897 "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus," begins the famous editorial response to 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon's letter in the New York Sun.   

Sep 21   In the year 1897 nY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial   

Sep 23   1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   First frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming) in the year 1897.   

Sep 23   On this day in history paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (surrealist)   

Sep 24   A new double track steel arch bridge is completed by the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company and the Niagara Falls International Bridge Company. The upper floor of the new structure is leased to the Grand Trunk Railway in the year 1897.   

Sep 25   1st British bus service opens in the year 1897.   

Sep 25   On this day in history teddy Hart, NYC, actor (3 Men on a Horse)   

Sep 26   Pope Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78) in the year 1897.   

Sep 28   Muchtar Auesow, writer in the year 1897.   

Sep 30   Lil Dagover, [Marta-Maria Lillits], Pati Java, actress (Spiders) on this day in history.   

Oct 03   Josephine "Mama Jo" Riley Matthews, midwife (SC) on this day in history.   

Oct 03   In the year 1897 the birth of Louis Aragon, French poet   

Oct 04   George Bernard Shaw's "Devil's Disciple," premieres in NYC in the year 1897.   

Oct 05   On this day in history solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island   

Oct 06   In the year 1897 jerome Cowan, NYC, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show)   

Oct 08   In the year 1897 emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera   

Oct 08   Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1897.   

Oct 08   On this day in history rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause)   

Oct 09   In the year 1897 john Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79   

Oct 10   In the year 1897 lamar Stringfield, composer   

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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   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 in the year 1897.   

Jan 03   In the year 1897 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   In the year 1897 birth of theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)   

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   Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died on this day in history.   

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) died in the year 1897.   

Feb 05   In the year 1897 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42   

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

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