What Happened In September 1897 - Historical Events 1897 September

Historical Events for September, 1897

1st » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
11th » After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kingdom of Kaffa known as Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
12th » Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi.
21st » The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial is published in the 'New York Sun (historical) or New York Sun.'

1st » Andy Kennedy (footballer, born 1897) called Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
3rd » Sally Benson, American author and screenwriter (d. 1972)
5th » Morris Carnovsky, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
5th » Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst, founded ACNielsen (d. 1980)
5th » Ella Schuler, American super-centenarian (d. 2011)
8th » Jimmie Rodgers (country singer) named Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1933)
10th » Georges Bataille, French philosopher and author (d. 1962)
10th » Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
12th » Grietje Jansen-Anker, Dutch super-centenarian (d. 2009)
12th » Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956)
15th » Merle Curti, American historian and author (d. 1997)
16th » Milt Franklyn, American composer (d. 1962)
17th » Earl Webb, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
18th » Pablo Sorozábal, Spanish composer and conductor (d. 1988)
23rd » Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
25th » William Faulkner, American author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
26th » Pope Paul VI (d. 1978)
26th » Arthur Rhys-Davids, English lieutenant and pilot (d. 1917)
29th » Herbert Agar, American journalist and historian (d. 1980)
30th » Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer (d. 1966)
30th » Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (d. 1966)