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* 1897 – The Aurora, Texas UFO incident
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* 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.
* 1897 – Franco-Hova Wars: The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
During the Invasion of the Kuril Islands, Akira Nakamura ( b. 1897 ) was captured by the Soviet army and his elder son Takeshi Nakamura ( 1925 – 1945 ) was killed in the battle.
1897 and Aurora
Aurora is best known for a purported UFO crash in April 1897, and the ongoing legend that the UFO's pilot is supposedly buried in the local cemetery.
The brothers are sons of Thomas Ethelbert Skilling, Jr ( 1923 – 2006 ) and his wife Betty C. Skilling ( 1924 – 2008 ), of Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, and grandsons of Thomas Ethelbert Skilling, Sr. ( 1896 – 1968 ) and his wife Lillian Alta Foringer ( 1897 – 1979 ) of Parnassus, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania and Broward County, Florida.
1897 and Texas
* John Salmon Ford ( 1815 – 1897 ), American political figure in Texas ; best known as " Rip " Ford ; served in state Congress and Senate ; veteran of Mexican War and Civil War
Johnson made his debut as a pro on 1 November 1897 in Galveston, when he knocked-out Charley Brooks in the second round of a 15-round bout for what was billed as the Texas State Middleweight Title.
* Frances Cox Henderson ( 1820 – 1897 ), wife of Governor James Pinckney Henderson of Texas, who established the Good Shepherd home for aged women after moving to East Orange following her husband's death.
Some planned capitals include Abuja, Nigeria ( 1991 ); Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil ( 1855 ); Ankara, Turkey ( 1923 ); Austin, Texas ( 1839 ); Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil ( 1897 ); Dhaka, Bangladesh ( 1971 ); Brasília, Brazil ( 1960 ); Canberra, Australia ( 1927 ); Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil ( 1933 ); Islamabad, Pakistan ( 1960 ); Frankfort, Kentucky ( 1792 ); Jefferson City, Missouri ( 1821 ); Jhongsing New Village, Taiwan, Republic of China ( 1955 ); New Delhi, India ( 1911 ); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ( 1889 ); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ( 1857 ); Palmas, Tocantins, Brazil ( 1989 ); Quezon City, Philippines ( 1948 – 1976 ); Raleigh, North Carolina, USA ( 1792 ); Washington D. C., USA ( 1800 ); and Wellington, New Zealand ( 1865 ).
He was assigned to St. Joseph's Church in Cleburne, Texas in the Diocese of Dallas in 1897 before being promoted to rector of Our Lady of Victory Church in Paris, Texas in 1901.
Daughter, Katie Doswell Cabell Currie Muse was President of the Texas Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy ( 25 May 1896-17 Dec 1897 & 17 Oct 1921-19 Oct 1922 ) and President General, United Daughters of the Confederacy ( Nov 1897-Nov 1899 ).
After graduation in June 1897, he worked at the University of Texas as registrar for the next six years until the spring of 1903.
Sometime around July 1898 Lomax began an intense relationship with Miss Shirley Green of Palestine, Texas, whom he had met in 1897.
Over the ensuing decade, the line grew through construction and acquisition of other roads, such as the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway, to become a through route between Kansas City and Port Arthur, Texas, with the final spike being driven north of Beaumont, Texas, on September 11, 1897, the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company ( KCP & G ) was completed.
* Dynamite Dick Clifton — captured June, 1896, by Deputy U. S. Marshals from Texas ; escaped with Bill Doolin ; killed November 7, 1897, near Checotah, Indian Territory, by Deputy U. S. Marshals under Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen.
Rayburn had married once, to Metze Jones ( 1897 – 1982 ), sister of Texas Congressman Marvin Jones and Rayburn's colleague, but the marriage ended quickly.
In 1897, a horned lizard was placed in a cornerstone of the Eastland County Courthouse in Eastland, Texas along with other time capsule memorabilia.
Richard Coke ( March 13, 1829May 14, 1897 ) was an American lawyer, farmer, and statesman from Waco, Texas.
* Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach alias John O. Meusebach ( 1812 – 1897 ), founder of Fredericksburg, Texas and Texas Senator
* Robert L. Henry – U. S. Congressman from Texas ( 1897 – 1917 ), Chairman of the House Rules Committee
The Baptist General Convention of Texas purchased the land in 1897 from Northwest Texas Baptist College.
The successes that followed of the Nellie Johnstone No. 1 ( Bartlesville, Oklahoma ) in 1897, Spindletop ( Texas ) in 1901, and the Ida Glenn No. 1 ( Glenn Pool, Oklahoma ) in 1905, demonstrated the existence of a large oil field in the central and southwestern United States.
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