Today in History for January 1895
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Months in 1895: February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 18 of 18
1st - Norway adopts Mid-European time
5th - Henry James' play "Guy Domville" opens in London
5th - Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 yrs 64 days
5th - French Capt Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent
12th - The National Trust is founded in Britain.
13th - Oscar Wilde's "Ideal Husband," premieres in London
15th - Albert Trott takes 8-43 on Test debut, then a record
15th - French fleet reaches Majunga, Madagascar
15th - Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premieres, St Petersburg (1/27 NS)
17th - French president Casimir-Perier resigns
17th - Félix Faure installed as president of France
18th - Amsterdam's AFC soccer team forms
22nd - National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati
29th - King Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed
30th - C J Eady (Tas) 1st Australian to score twin centuries (v Vic)
30th - SS Elbe sinks after collision in North Sea, 332 killed
30th - Tasmania beat Victoria for 1st F-C victory in 41 years
31st - Jose Martí & others leave NYC for invasion of Spanish Cuba
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 25 of 25
1st - J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI
1st - Nathaniel Shilkret, NYC, conductor
2nd - Count Folke Bernadotte, Sweden, statesman (Red Cross, UN)
3rd - Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns'ky, composer
3rd - Mihail Andricu, composer
4th - Lourens G M Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter
4th - Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982)
5th - Jeannette Piccard, balloonist/Episcopal priest
5th - Elizabeth Cotten, American musician (d. 1987)
7th - Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist
7th - Clara Haskil, Romanian pianist (d. 1960)
7th - Sir Hudson Fysh, Australian aviator and co-founder of QANTAS (d. 1974)
13th - Anton Betzner, writer
13th - Fortunio Bonanova, Palma de Mallorca Spain, opera singer
14th - George Richard Samways, children's writer
15th - Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1973)
16th - Nat Schachner, American author (d. 1955)
20th - Eva A Jessye, US singer/actress/songwriter (Hallelujah)
21st - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972)
24th - Albin Zollinger, Swiss poet/author (Der Halbe Mensch)
24th - Eugen Roth, writer
27th - Claudio Carneyro, composer
27th - Joseph Rosenstock, Cracow Poland, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1936-41)
27th - Harry Ruby, American composer (d. 1974)
29th - Muna Lee, American poet (d. 1965)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
3rd - James Merritt Ives, American lithographer with Nathaniel Currier (b. 1824)
9th - Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American watch manufacturer (b. 1812)
10th - Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45
22nd - Edward Solomon, composer, dies at 39
24th - Lord Randolph Churchill, British politician (b. 1849)
26th - Arthur Cayley, mathematician, dies
28th - Francois Certain de Canrobert, French marshal, dies at 85
