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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi  

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 in the year 1897.  

Sep 18   Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of NYC," premieres in NYC in the year 1897.  

Sep 18   On this day in history john Mens, writer (People Without Money)  

Sep 20   On this day in history efim Golishev, composer  

Sep 20   On this day in history karel Bendl, composer, dies at 59  

Sep 21   "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 in the year 1897.  

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

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

Sep 23   On this day in history first frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)  

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

Sep 24   In the year 1897 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   1st British bus service opens in the year 1897.  

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

Sep 26   Pope Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78) on this day in history.  

Sep 28   Muchtar Auesow, writer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 03   In the year 1897 josephine "Mama Jo" Riley Matthews, midwife (SC)  

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

Oct 04   On this day in history george Bernard Shaw's "Devil's Disciple," premieres in NYC  

Oct 05   Solomon Andrees baloon/polar expedition reaches White Island in the year 1897.  

Oct 06   On this day in history jerome Cowan, NYC, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie, Tab Hunter Show)  

Oct 08   On this day in history emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler director of Opera  

Oct 08   On this day in history martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43  

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

Oct 09   John Heemskerk Azn, Dutch Internal minister (1866..88), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Oct 10   Lamar Stringfield, composer in the year 1897.  

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Jan 01   Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye) was born in the year 1897.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)  

Jan 03   In the year 1897 birth of marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)  

Jan 03   Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   In the year 1897 birth of dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)  

Jan 12   On this day in history death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)  

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies in the year 1897.  

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

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

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 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