Page 10: Historical Events In 1897

Nov 20   In the year 1897 lores Bonney, aviator   

Nov 23   In the year 1897 andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars   

Nov 23   In the year 1897 eli Olds of Lansing, Michigan, is issued a U.S. patent for his "motor carriage," a gasoline-powered vehicle that he constructed the year before.   

Nov 24   On this day in history canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston   

Nov 25   Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy in the year 1897.   

Nov 28   Uno Choyo, writer in the year 1897.   

Nov 29   In the year 1897 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England)   

Nov 29   In the year 1897 emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor)   

Nov 30   Abraham C Wertheim, Dutch banker/MP (Lib), dies at 64 in the year 1897.   

Nov 30   On this day in history andreas Nezertis, composer   

Dec 01   In the year 1897 manuel A Neat, Curacaos author (Nobleza di Coerazon)   

Dec 02   Rewi Alley, NZ, writer (Americans in China) on this day in history.   

Dec 03   In the year 1897 kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Without My Cloak)   

Dec 04   Mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker) on this day in history.   

Dec 06   John Axel Fernstrom, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 06   London becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs in the year 1897.   

Dec 08   On this day in history leslie Heward, composer   

Dec 09   In the year 1897 activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper, La Fronde in Paris.   

Dec 09   Hermione Gingold, London England, actress (Gigi, Music Man) on this day in history.   

Dec 10   Karl H Waggerl, Austria writer (Power of Love) in the year 1897.   

Dec 12   On this day in history anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania   

Dec 13   In the year 1897 drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)   

Dec 14   On this day in history margaret Chase Smith, (Rep/Sen-R-Maine)   

Dec 16   1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Alphonse Daudet, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1897.   

Dec 16   Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29) on this day in history.   

Dec 16   The first submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated on this day in history.   

Dec 18   On this day in history carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70   

Dec 18   Fernand J Collin, Belgian economist/banker on this day in history.   

Dec 19   In the year 1897 louis Darquier de Pellepoix, France, anti-Semite/nazi collaborator   

Dec 22   Bering Sea Claims Commission recommends US pay Canadian sealers $463,454; to compensate for seizure of vessels in the year 1897.   

Dec 23   Julien Carette, Paris France, actor (Sylvia & the Phantom) on this day in history.   

Dec 26   In the year 1897 willie Corsari, [Wilhelmina A Schmidt], Dutch writer   

Dec 27   Iwan S Konew, Russ marshal/supreme commander pact of Warsaw in the year 1897.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye)   

Jan 02   Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975) was born in the year 1897.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)   

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 in the year 1897.   

Jan 05   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1897 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies   

Feb 07   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 in the year 1897.   

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

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