Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)   

Feb 06   In the year 1897 ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies   

Feb 07   On this day in history galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

Feb 07   On this day in history quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer   

Feb 09   In the year 1897 charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator   

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

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

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

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

Feb 11   In the year 1897 white Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC   

Feb 11   Yves de La Casiniere, composer in the year 1897.   

Feb 14   Jorgen Bentzon, composer in the year 1897.   

Feb 15   Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 17   National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) on this day in history.   

Feb 18   On this day in history charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)   

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

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

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

Feb 23   Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1897.   

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

Mar 03   Jose Moreno Gans, composer in the year 1897.   

Mar 04   In the year 1897 francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball   

Mar 04   William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US in the year 1897.   

Mar 05   On this day in history american Negro Academy forms   

Mar 05   Mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek in the year 1897.   

Mar 09   In the year 1897 premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin)   

Mar 10   On this day in history teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79   

Mar 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 11   On this day in history henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources)   

Mar 12   On this day in history 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   Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jack Wagner, OH, actor (Jive Junction)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Lady Fanny, Bel Ami)   

Jan 06   Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Dennis Wheatley, British author (d. 1977) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1897 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)   

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies in the year 1897.   

Feb 01   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49   

Feb 19   On this day in history karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81   

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