Page 2: Historical Events In 1897

Feb 05   On this day in history marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel   

Feb 06   Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history new York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   In the year 1897 jorgen Bentzon, composer   

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   In the year 1897 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   Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history jose Moreno Gans, composer   

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   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   Premiere of (parts of) Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony (Berlin) on this day in history.   

Mar 10   In the year 1897 teodulo Mabellini, composer, dies at 79   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 13   On this day in history marcel Thiry, Belgian poet (Statue of Fatigue)   

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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   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 in the year 1897.   

Jan 12   Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history death of constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)   

Feb 05   On this day in history 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   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