Historical Events In 1897

Sep 05   Doris Kenyon, Syracuse NY, silent screen actress (Alexander Hamilton) in the year 1897.   

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   Nancy Keene Lancaster, designer/Collector in the year 1897.   

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

Sep 11   On this day in history 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.   

Sep 12   In the year 1897 tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi   

Sep 13   On this day in history gaspar Cassado Moreu, composer   

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

Sep 18   Gustave Kecker/Hugh Martin's musical "Belle of NYC," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

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

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   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) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1897 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   Teddy Hart, NYC, actor (3 Men on a Horse) in the year 1897.   

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

Oct 03   Josephine "Mama Jo" Riley Matthews, midwife (SC) in the year 1897.   

Oct 03   In the year 1897 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 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   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   Lamar Stringfield, composer on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history birth of marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1897 birth of theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)   

Jan 06   In the year 1897 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 in the year 1897.   

Feb 01   In the year 1897 death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1897.   

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.