Page 2: 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL in the year 1895.   

Feb 03   Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52) in the year 1895.   

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

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

Feb 04   In the year 1895 annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters)   

Feb 04   Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1895.   

Feb 04   First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago on this day in history.   

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)   

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) in the year 1895.   

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

Feb 11   -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) in the year 1895.   

Feb 11   -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record) in the year 1895.   

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

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer in the year 1895.   

Feb 13   Fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk) on this day in history.   

Feb 13   On this day in history moving picture projector patented   

Feb 14   Max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice) in the year 1895.   

Feb 14   On this day in history oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London   

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

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

Feb 17   On this day in history anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain)   

Feb 18   On this day in history albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77   

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

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 20   In the year 1895 congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO   

Feb 20   In the year 1895 congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo   

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

Feb 20   In the year 1895 freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)   

Feb 21   NC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter   

Jan 04   In the year 1895 birth of leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)   

Jan 05   In the year 1895 birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

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

Jan 22   Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history death of lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)   

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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.