Today in History for March 1895
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Months in 1895: January February April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 12 of 12
4th - Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony, premieres in Berlin
6th - England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2
6th - J T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 mins) Eng v Aust
9th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias awarded cup, as Queens University (Kingston Ont) loses to Montreal AAA, 5-1
11th - Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed
13th - Spanish cruiser Reina Regente sinks off Gibraltar, 402 die
18th - 200 blacks leave Savannah, Ga for Liberia
19th - Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service
22nd - Auguste & Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience
25th - Italian troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
26th - King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day
30th - British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 28 of 28
1st - G B "Duke" Keats, hockey hall of famer (elected 1958)
2nd - Felix Bressart, Germany, actor (Ninotchka, Escape, Crossroads)
3rd - Alex[ander] Nearmolen, composer
3rd - Alexander Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer
3rd - Juanita Hansen, Iowa, actress (Fast Company, Broadway Love)
3rd - Matthew B Ridgway, US gen (WW II/China/Nicaragua/Korea/NATO)
3rd - Ragnar Frisch, Norway, economist (1st Nobel prize in economy-1969)
3rd - Robert Gordon, Ks, actor (Loveless)
4th - Milt Gross, American comic book illustrator (d. 1953)
5th - Fritz Usinger, German writer (Eternal Struggle)
7th - Juan Jose Castro, composer
12th - William C. Lee, U.S. Army general (d. 1948)
14th - Frans Ganshof, Belgian historian
17th - Shemp Howard, Bkln, comedian (3 Stooges, Bank Dick) [or 1891]
20th - Fredric Wertham, German-born psychologist (d. 1981)
21st - Zlatko Baloković, Croatian violinist (d. 1955)
22nd - Joseph Schildkraut, Vienna, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents)
23rd - Dane Rudhyar, composer
23rd - Encarnacion Alzona, Filipino historian (d. 2001)
24th - Arthur Murray, dancer (Arthur Murray's Dance Party)
24th - Sid Saylor, Chicago Ill, actor (Wally-Waterfront)
25th - Siegfried Handloser, German physician (d. 1954)
28th - Spencer W Kimball, 12th prophet of Mormon church
28th - Christian Herter, 59th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1966)
29th - Ernst Jünger, German author (d. 1998)
30th - Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant)
31st - John Jay McCloy, lawyer/banker (Sec of War 1941-45, pres Chase Man)
31st - Vardis A Fisher, US author (Darkness & Deep)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 7 of 7
2nd - Berthe MP Morisot, French painter/aquarelliste, dies at 54
2nd - Ismail Pasha, kedive of Egypt (1863-79), dies at 64
5th - Nikolai Leskow, writer, dies at 64
5th - Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
6th - Camilla Collett, Norwegian writer and feminist (b. 1813)
9th - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59
10th - Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (b. 1826)
