Page 2: Historical Events In 1897

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

Feb 06   Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) in the year 1897.   

Feb 06   Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies in the year 1897.   

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

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

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

Feb 10   John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954) on this day in history.   

Feb 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history white Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC   

Feb 11   In the year 1897 yves de La Casiniere, composer   

Feb 14   Jorgen Bentzon, composer in the year 1897.   

Feb 15   Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965) in the year 1897.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter) on this day in history.   

Mar 03   Jose Moreno Gans, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 04   Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball in the year 1897.   

Mar 04   On this day in history william McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US   

Mar 05   American Negro Academy forms in the year 1897.   

Mar 05   In the year 1897 mei-ling Soong, Madame Chiang Kai-shek   

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

Mar 10   Teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1897.   

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   In the year 1897 berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58   

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

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) in the year 1897.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history birth of marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)   

Jan 03   In the year 1897 birth of pola Negri, [Barbara A Chalupec], Polish/US actress (Madame Bovary)   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1897 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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