Page 2: Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   In the year 1897 marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel   

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   Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer in the year 1897.   

Feb 09   On this day in history charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator   

Feb 10   On this day in history john Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)   

Feb 10   New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print" on this day in history.   

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 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   Yves de La Casiniere, composer in the year 1897.   

Feb 14   In the year 1897 jorgen Bentzon, composer   

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   National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association) in the year 1897.   

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

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

Feb 20   Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window) in the year 1897.   

Feb 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 05   American Negro Academy forms in the year 1897.   

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

Mar 09   Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) in the year 1897.   

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

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   Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) on this day in history.   

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

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

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Jan 01   Walter Greaza, St Paul Minn, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1897.   

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   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   Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died in the year 1897.   

Jan 30   John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies on this day in history.   

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

Feb 23   On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68