Today in History for February 1897

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 5 of 5

1st - Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
5th - Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel
10th - NY Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"
11th - White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, NYC
17th - National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 23 of 23

1st - Denise Robins, London, romantic novelist (1st Long Kiss)
2nd - Howard Johnson, American hotelier (d. 1972)
2nd - Aimé Avignon, France's former oldest living man (d. 2007)
4th - Ludwig Erhard, chancellor of Germany (CDU)
5th - Dirk U Stikker, director (Heineken)/Dutch foreign minister/NATO
6th - Alberto [de Almeida] Cavalcanti, Brazil, director (Nicholas Nickleby)
6th - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (d. 1944)
7th - Quincy Porter, New Haven Ct, composer
9th - Charles Edward Kingsford-Smith, pioneer Australian aviator
10th - John Franklin Enders, Conn, microbiologist (polio-Nobel 1954)
11th - Yves de La Casiniere, composer
12th - Vola Vale, American actress (d. 1970)
14th - Jorgen Bentzon, composer
15th - Earl H Blaik, Det, college football hall of fame coach (elected 1965)
17th - Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady)
18th - Charles Kuentz, WW1 veteran, changed nationality 4 times (d.2005)
19th - Alma Rubens, American actress (d. 1931)
20th - Ivan Albright, Illinois, painter (Door, Window)
21st - Celia Lovsky, Vienna Aus, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek)
22nd - Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (d. 1947)
27th - Bernard F Lyot, French astronomer (Lyot filter)
27th - G Paul H Schuitema, graphic designer/photographer (System-O-Color)
27th - Marian Anderson, American contralto (d. 1993)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 6 of 6

1st - Constantin von Ettingshausen, Austrian geologist (b. 1826)
5th - Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42
6th - Ebenezer C Brewer, British writer (Dictionary of Phrase & Fable), dies
7th - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (Ferrari), dies at 49
19th - Karl T Weierstrass, German mathematician, dies at 81
23rd - Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68