Page 2: Historical Events In 1895

Feb 01   John Ford, Maine, director (Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man) on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1895 the birth of John Ford, American director.   

Feb 02   In the year 1895 george S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL   

Feb 03   On this day in history izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52)   

Feb 03   Wilhelm Mauseth skates world record 500 m (46.8 secs) on this day in history.   

Feb 04   1st rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago in the year 1895.   

Feb 04   Annie [Anna HM] Romein-Verschoor, Dutch historian (Erflaters) on this day in history.   

Feb 04   On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71   

Feb 04   First rolling lift bridge opens, Chicago in the year 1895.   

Feb 06   George Herman (Babe) Ruth, Baltimore, baseball great (Yankees) on this day in history.   

Feb 08   In the year 1895 king Vidor, director (War & Peace, Stella Dallas)   

Feb 08   On this day in history tchaikovsky/Petipa's "Swan Lake," premieres in Petersburg   

Feb 09   In the year 1895 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Minn Agricult beats Hamline, 9-3)   

Feb 09   In the year 1895 volleyball invented by W G Morgan in Massachusetts   

Feb 11   In the year 1895 -17°F (-27.2°C) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)   

Feb 11   On this day in history -17ºF (-27.2ºC) in Braemar, Grampian (UK record)   

Feb 11   Georgetown became part of Washington DC in the year 1895.   

Feb 11   Viktor Nikolayevich Trambitsky, composer in the year 1895.   

Feb 13   On this day in history fred Essler, Austria, actor (Unsinkable Molly Brown, Saratoga Trunk)   

Feb 13   On this day in history moving picture projector patented   

Feb 14   On this day in history max Horkheimer, German philosopher/sociologist (Studies in prejudice)   

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest," opens in London on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" opens in London on this day in history.   

Feb 15   23 cm (9") of snow falls on New Orleans in the year 1895.   

Feb 17   Anita Stewart, NY, actress (South of Hell Mountain) in the year 1895.   

Feb 18   On this day in history albrecht FR, arch duke of Austrian (Battle at Custozza), dies at 77   

Feb 18   On this day in history george "The Gipper" Gipp, football star (Notre Dame)   

Feb 19   Louis Calhern, NYC, actor (Julius Caesar, Blackboard Jungle) on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Abolitionist Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, D.C on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver CO in the year 1895.   

Feb 20   Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo in the year 1895.   

Feb 20   On this day in history frederick Douglass, escaped slave, anti-slavery leader, dies at 77   

Feb 20   On this day in history freida Geiken, autobiographer (National Historic Taping)   

Feb 21   In the year 1895 nC Legislature, adjourns for day to mark death of Frederick Douglass   

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Jan 01   J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 01   Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 02   Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN) was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 03   Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 03   Mihail Andricu, composer was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 04   In the year 1895 birth of lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter   

Jan 04   Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982) was born in the year 1895.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest   

Jan 03   James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824) died in the year 1895.   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)   

Jan 10   Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1895.   

Jan 22   Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849) died on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1895 arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies   

Jan 28   Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Feb 02   Archduke Albert, Austrian general (b. 1817) died in the year 1895.