Page 2: Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   In the year 1895 john Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man)   

Feb 01   On this day in history the birth of John Ford, American director.   

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

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

Feb 03   On this day in history wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs)   

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

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) in the year 1895.   

Feb 04   In the year 1895 faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71   

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

Feb 06   On this day in history george Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees)   

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

Feb 08   Tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg on this day in history.   

Feb 09   1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3) in the year 1895.   

Feb 09   On this day in history volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 11   In the year 1895 viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer   

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   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   In the year 1895 oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London   

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans in the year 1895.   

Feb 17   Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) in the year 1895.   

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

Feb 18   George "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame) on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) in the year 1895.   

Feb 20   In the year 1895 abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C.   

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

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

Feb 20   Frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77 in the year 1895.   

Feb 20   On this day in history freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)   

Feb 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor   

Jan 02   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of mihail Andricu, composer   

Jan 04   Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter was born in the year 1895.   

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

Jan 05   Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1895 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   In the year 1895 benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45   

Jan 22   Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1895.   

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

Jan 26   Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies in the year 1895.   

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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