Page 8: Historical Events In 1897

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

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

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

Sep 10   In the year 1897 nancy Keene Lancaster, designer/Collector   

Sep 10   Police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20 in the year 1897.   

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   In the year 1897 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 in the year 1897.   

Sep 18   In the year 1897 john Mens, writer (People Without Money)   

Sep 20   On this day in history efim Golishev, composer   

Sep 20   In the year 1897 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 on this day in history.   

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   First frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming) on this day in history.   

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   1st British bus service opens on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

Sep 28   In the year 1897 muchtar Auesow, writer   

Sep 30   In the year 1897 lil Dagover, [Marta-Maria Lillits], Pati Java, actress (Spiders)   

Oct 03   On this day in history josephine "Mama Jo" Riley Matthews, midwife (SC)   

Oct 03   The birth of Louis Aragon, French poet in the year 1897.   

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

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

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

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

Oct 08   Martin Pluddemann, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1897 birth of walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)   

Jan 02   Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975) was born in the year 1897.   

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   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   Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) was born in the year 1897.   

Jan 12   In the year 1897 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)   

Jan 30   In the year 1897 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   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   On this day in history galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 in the year 1897.   

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