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Events on the year of 1897 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1897 1st football game between black colleges - Atlanta University 10, Tuskegee 0
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01 Jan 1897 Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York
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08 Jan 1897 Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
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10 Jan 1897 Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam & Brussels
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10 Jan 1897 Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" premieres in Helsingfors
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11 Jan 1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
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14 Jan 1897 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
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16 Jan 1897 John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal
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23 Jan 1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Abbey Grange" (BG)
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23 Jan 1897 Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only case in United States history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.
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23 Jan 1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of the Abbey Grange" (BG)
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26 Jan 1897 Battle at Bida Gold Coast British troops beat Nupe's army
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27 Jan 1897 British troops occupy Bida Gold Coast (Ghana)
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31 Jan 1897 Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
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01 Feb 1897 Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
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03 Feb 1897 The Greco-Turkish War breaks out.
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05 Feb 1897 Marcel Proust meets Jean Lorrain in a pistol duel
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07 Feb 1897 Greco-Turkish War: The first full-scale battle takes place when the Greek expeditionary force in Crete defeats a 4,000-strong Ottoman force at Livadeia.
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10 Feb 1897 New York Times begins using slogan "All the News That's Fit to Print"
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11 Feb 1897 White Rose Mission opens on East 97th Street, New York City
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17 Feb 1897 National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)
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17 Feb 1897 National Congress of Parents & Teachers (PTA) organizes (Washington DC)
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28 Feb 1897 Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
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04 Mar 1897 William McKinley inaugurated as 25th President of US
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05 Mar 1897 American Negro Academy forms
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09 Mar 1897 Cleveland Spiders sign Louis Sockalexis, full-blooded Penobscot
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09 Mar 1897 Indian, fans start calling the team Indians (in 1915 becomes official)
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12 Mar 1897 Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal" premieres in Brussel
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13 Mar 1897 San Diego State University is founded.
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15 Mar 1897 1st indoor fly casting tournament opens, at Madison Square Garden
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16 Mar 1897 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Devil's Foot" (BG)
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17 Mar 1897 Robert Fitzsimmons KOs James J Corbett in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
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19 Mar 1897 Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game
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20 Mar 1897 1st known intercollegiate basketball game, Yale beats University of Pennsylvania 32-10
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20 Mar 1897 1st US orthodox Jewish Rabbinical seminary (RIETS) incorporates in New York
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20 Mar 1897 France signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
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29 Mar 1897 Japan adopts Gold Standard
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17 Apr 1897 The Aurora, Texas, UFO incident
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18 Apr 1897 The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
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19 Apr 1897 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston)
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19 Apr 1897 Léo Taxil exposes his own fabrications concerning Freemasonry
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19 Apr 1897 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10
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19 Apr 1897 1st performance of Debussy's "Pell
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22 Apr 1897 New York City Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (still active)
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22 Apr 1897 NYC Jewish newspaper "Forward" begins publishing (stiil active)
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24 Apr 1897 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), is assigned to White House
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27 Apr 1897 Grant's Tomb (famed of song & legend) dedicated
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04 May 1897 Fire in Paris bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200
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11 May 1897 Washington Senator catcher Charlie Farrell throws out 8 attempted stealers
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12 May 1897 1800-1900 year old fossil of "girl of Yde" found in Drente Neth
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12 May 1897 Battle at Thessali
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14 May 1897 The Stars and Stripes Forever is first performed in public near Willow Grove Park, Philadelphia.
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14 May 1897 Great-Britain signs treaty with emperor Menelik II of Abyssinia
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18 May 1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin)
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18 May 1897 New York Giant William Joyce sets record of 4 triples in 1 game
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18 May 1897 Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market" premieres
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19 May 1897 Oscar Wilde is released from Reading Gaol.
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21 May 1897 Yerkes Observatory 40" (1 meter) refractor used for 1st time
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22 May 1897 The Blackwall Tunnel under the River Thames is officially opened
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26 May 1897 Dracula, a novel by the Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
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29 May 1897 31st Belmont Stakes: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23
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12 Jun 1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India, shock waves felt over an area size of Europe (negligible death toll)
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12 Jun 1897 Possibly most severe quake in history strikes Assam India. Shock
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15 Jun 1897 Liberals / social-democrats win Dutch 2nd Parliamentary election
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16 Jun 1897 A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
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17 Jun 1897 William Frank Powell, New Jersey educator, named Minister to Haiti
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22 Jun 1897 British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
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24 Jun 1897 Hail injures 26 in Topeka Kansas
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29 Jun 1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball)
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01 Jul 1897 Bronx acquires Hutton Square
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02 Jul 1897 Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
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08 Jul 1897 Harbor Hospital formally opens
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11 Jul 1897 Solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole
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11 Jul 1897 Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
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17 Jul 1897 1st ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from the Yukon
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18 Jul 1897 3rd US Golf Open: James Foulis wins
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18 Jul 1897 Cap Anson, is 1st to get 3,000 hits
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21 Jul 1897 Tate Gallery opens in England
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26 Jul 1897 37.5 cm rainfall at Jewell, Maryland (state record)
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26 Jul 1897 Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
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27 Jul 1897 14.75" (37.5 cm) of rainfall, Jewell, Maryland (state 24-hr record)
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27 Jul 1897 Dutch government of Pierson / Goeman Borgesius resigns
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02 Aug 1897 Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states adjacent to India's North West Frontier Province.
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04 Aug 1897 Henry A Rucker appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for Georgia
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10 Aug 1897 Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club)
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14 Aug 1897 Franco-Hova Wars: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
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17 Aug 1897 W B Purvis patents electric railway switch
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21 Aug 1897 Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division
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27 Aug 1897 Roger Bresnahan debuts as Washingston Senator pitcher (later HOF catcher)
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30 Aug 1897 The town of Ambiky is captured by France from Menabe in Madagascar.
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31 Aug 1897 General Kitchener occupies Berber, North of Khartoum
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31 Aug 1897 Thomas Edison patented his movie camera (Kinetograph)
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31 Aug 1897 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
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01 Sep 1897 The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
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02 Sep 1897 McCall-magazine 1st published
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07 Sep 1897 George Davis (Giants) HR off Sport McAllister (Spiders) in DH
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10 Sep 1897 Police shoot at striking mine workers in Penns, kills 20
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10 Sep 1897 Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
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11 Sep 1897 After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
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12 Sep 1897 Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi.
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17 Sep 1897 3rd US Golf Open: Joe Lloyd shoots a 162 at Chicago Golf Club - Wheaton, Illinois
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21 Sep 1897 New York Sun runs famous "Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus, " editorial
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21 Sep 1897 The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial is published in the New York Sun.
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23 Sep 1897 1st frontier days rodeo celebration (Cheyene Wyoming)
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25 Sep 1897 1st British bus service opens
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05 Oct 1897 Solomon Andrees baloon / polar expedition reaches White Island
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08 Oct 1897 Emperor Karl Joseph I named Gustav Mahler Director of Opera
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10 Oct 1897 German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
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15 Oct 1897 Aaron / Samuel Bloch carry 1st Mail Pouch
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15 Oct 1897 King Leopold II takes Belgian crown
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21 Oct 1897 Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago is dedicated
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01 Nov 1897 The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public. The Library had been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
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06 Nov 1897 Peter Pan opens in New York at Empire Theater
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23 Nov 1897 Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler, " to connect railroad cars
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23 Nov 1897 Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love
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24 Nov 1897 Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston
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25 Nov 1897 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy
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29 Nov 1897 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England)
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06 Dec 1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
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09 Dec 1897 Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
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12 Dec 1897 Belo Horizonte, the first planned city in Brazil, is founded.
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12 Dec 1897 Anti-Jewish violence breaks out in Bucharest Romania
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12 Dec 1897 Rudolph Dirks' 1st Katzenjammer cartoon strip in New York Journal
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16 Dec 1897 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
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27 Dec 1897 Stanley Cup: Montreal Victorias beat Ottawa Capitals, 15-2
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27 Dec 1897 Stanley Cup: Montr
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28 Dec 1897 Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac" premieres in Paris
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30 Dec 1897 The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
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30 Dec 1897 Province of Zululand annexed to Natal colony
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31 Dec 1897 Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into NYC (1/1/1898)
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