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   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   In the year 1897 quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer   

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

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

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

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   Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady) in the year 1897.   

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) on this day in history.   

Feb 19   Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81 in the year 1897.   

Feb 20   On this day in history ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)   

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

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

Feb 27   Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter) in the year 1897.   

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

Mar 04   Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58   

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

Mar 12   Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel on this day in history.   

Mar 13   In the year 1897 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   On this day in history birth of jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)   

Jan 03   In the year 1897 birth of marion Davies, [Marion Cecelia Douras], Bkln, actress (Operator 13)   

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

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

Jan 30   On this day in history john Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies   

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   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 in the year 1897.   

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