What Happened In January 1897 In History

Historical Events for January, 1897

• 23rd » 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.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1897

• 2nd » Jim Londos, Greek wrestler (d. 1975)
• 3rd » Marion Davies, American actress (d. 1961)
• 8th » Dennis Wheatley, English author (d. 1977)
• 9th » Karl Löwith, German philosopher (d. 1973)
• 11th » Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (d. 1955)
• 11th » August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
• 14th » Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
• 15th » Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
• 16th » Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
• 17th » Marcel Petiot, French doctor and serial killer (d. 1946)
• 21st » René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
• 22nd » Blind Willie Johnson, American singer and guitarist (d. 1945)
• 22nd » Rosa Ponselle, American soprano (d. 1981)
• 23rd » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (d. 1945)
• 23rd » Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)
• 23rd » Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author (d. 1978)
• 23rd » William Stephenson, Canadian captain (d. 1989)
• 28th » Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)

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