Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   On this day in history marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel   

Feb 06   Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) on this day in history.   

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 07   On this day in history quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer   

Feb 09   Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator in the year 1897.   

Feb 10   John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" in the year 1897.   

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" on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history white Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC   

Feb 11   Yves de La Casiniere, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Jorgen Bentzon, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 17   National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 20   On this day in history ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)   

Feb 21   On this day in history celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek)   

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1897.   

Feb 27   Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter) in the year 1897.   

Mar 03   Jose Moreno Gans, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 04   Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball in the year 1897.   

Mar 04   In the year 1897 william McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US   

Mar 05   American Negro Academy forms on this day in history.   

Mar 05   In the year 1897 mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek   

Mar 09   Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) on this day in history.   

Mar 10   Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1897.   

Mar 11   A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported in the year 1897.   

Mar 11   On this day in history berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58   

Mar 11   Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) in the year 1897.   

Mar 12   On this day in history vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel   

Mar 13   In the year 1897 marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)   

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

Jan 02   Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

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   Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1897 birth of dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)   

Jan 12   Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died in the year 1897.   

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

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

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

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1897.