Page 8: Historical Events In 1897

Sep 05   In the year 1897 doris Kenyon, Syracuse NY, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton)   

Sep 07   On this day in history george Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH   

Sep 08   On this day in history jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Miss, country singer/singing brakeman   

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

Sep 10   Police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   On this day in history tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi   

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of NYC," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

Sep 20   On this day in history efim Golishev, composer   

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

Sep 21   On this day in history "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   NY Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus," editorial in the year 1897.   

Sep 23   In the year 1897 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)   

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   On this day in history 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.   

Sep 25   In the year 1897 1st British bus service opens   

Sep 25   In the year 1897 teddy Hart, NYC, actor (3 Men on a Horse)   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1897 muchtar Auesow, writer   

Sep 30   Lil Dagover, [Marta-Maria Lillits], Pati Java, actress (Spiders) in the year 1897.   

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

Oct 03   On this day in history the birth of Louis Aragon, French poet   

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

Oct 05   Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Jerome Cowan, NYC, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show) in the year 1897.   

Oct 08   Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1897 martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43   

Oct 08   Rouben Mamoulian, movie director/author (Mark of Zorro, Applause) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 10   On this day in history 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 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   In the year 1897 birth of jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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