Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   The birth of John Ford, American director in the year 1895.   

Feb 02   George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52)   

Feb 03   Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs) on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history 1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago   

Feb 04   On this day in history annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters)   

Feb 04   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Feb 04   In the year 1895 first rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago   

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) in the year 1895.   

Feb 08   King Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas) in the year 1895.   

Feb 08   On this day in history tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg   

Feb 09   1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3) on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts in the year 1895.   

Feb 11   On this day in history -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)   

Feb 11   On this day in history -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)   

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC on this day in history.   

Feb 11   On this day in history viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer   

Feb 13   On this day in history fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)   

Feb 13   In the year 1895 moving picture projector patented   

Feb 14   On this day in history max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice)   

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London in the year 1895.   

Feb 15   On this day in history 23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans   

Feb 17   In the year 1895 anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

Feb 18   Albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77 in the year 1895.   

Feb 18   In the year 1895 george "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)   

Feb 19   On this day in history louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle)   

Feb 20   On this day in history abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C.   

Feb 20   On this day in history congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO   

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo on this day in history.   

Feb 20   On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77   

Feb 20   Freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   In the year 1895 nC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass   

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Jan 01   In the year 1895 birth of j Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI   

Jan 01   Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1895 birth of count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)   

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 04   In the year 1895 birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)   

Jan 05   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of james Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)   

Jan 09   Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812) died in the year 1895.   

Jan 10   Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1895.   

Jan 22   On this day in history edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39   

Jan 24   In the year 1895 death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)   

Jan 26   On this day in history arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 in the year 1895.   

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died on this day in history.