Page 2: Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel in the year 1897.   

Feb 06   In the year 1897 alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)   

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1897 galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

Feb 07   In the year 1897 quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer   

Feb 09   Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator on this day in history.   

Feb 10   In the year 1897 john Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)   

Feb 10   New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" in the year 1897.   

Feb 10   In the year 1897 new York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print."   

Feb 10   On this day in history nY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"   

Feb 11   White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC in the year 1897.   

Feb 11   On this day in history yves de La Casiniere, composer   

Feb 14   Jorgen Bentzon, composer in the year 1897.   

Feb 15   In the year 1897 earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)   

Feb 17   On this day in history johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)   

Feb 17   In the year 1897 national Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)   

Feb 18   In the year 1897 charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)   

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 in the year 1897.   

Feb 20   Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek) in the year 1897.   

Feb 23   In the year 1897 woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68   

Feb 27   In the year 1897 bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)   

Mar 03   In the year 1897 jose Moreno Gans, composer   

Mar 04   Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball on this day in history.   

Mar 04   In the year 1897 william McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US   

Mar 05   On this day in history american Negro Academy forms   

Mar 05   Mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek on this day in history.   

Mar 09   On this day in history premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)   

Mar 10   Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 11   In the year 1897 a meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.   

Mar 11   Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1897.   

Mar 11   Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) in the year 1897.   

Mar 12   In the year 1897 vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel   

Mar 13   Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue) on this day in history.   

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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   On this day in history birth of jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)   

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

Jan 03   Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary) was born in the year 1897.   

Jan 05   Jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami) was born in the year 1897.   

Jan 06   In the year 1897 birth of billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family)   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977)   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)   

Jan 30   In the year 1897 john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies   

Feb 01   Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826) died in the year 1897.   

Feb 05   In the year 1897 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42   

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 in the year 1897.   

Feb 19   In the year 1897 karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81   

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