What generation is 1897? Lost Generation

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About the Generation (1897)

The Lost Generation (1883-1900): Grew up in the shadow of World War I, known for their disillusionment with societal norms and contributions to modernist literature and art.

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Famous People (Celebrities) Born in 1897

  • Amelia Earhart (Jul 24, 1897)
  • Enid Blyton (Aug 11, 1897)
  • Moe Howard (Jun 19, 1897)
  • Jiroemon Kimura (Apr 19, 1897)
  • Marian Anderson (Feb 27, 1897)
  • Joseph Goebbels (Oct 29, 1897)
  • Ettore Boiardi (Oct 22, 1897)
  • Paavo Nurmi (Jun 13, 1897)
  • Jimmie Rodgers (Sep 8, 1897)
  • Isabel Briggs Myers (Oct 18, 1897)

What Happened in 1897

  1. Jan 1 - 1st football game between black colleges-Atlanta U 10, Tuskegee 0
  2. Jan 7 - Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, Brazil, holds its first performance with tenor Enrico Caruso performing
  3. Jan 8 - Michael Eagan wins 1st US national amateur handball championship
  4. Jan 10 - Henrik Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" premieres in Helsingfors
  5. Jan 10 - Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam & Brussels
  6. Jan 10 - Ukrainian bacteriologist Wademar Haffkine performs the first human trial for a vaccine for the plague on himself during the Bombay epidemic
  7. Jan 11 - M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
  8. Jan 14 - 6,960 m (22,834 ft) Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed by European expedition led by British mountaineer Edward FitzGerald
  9. Jan 16 - John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal
  10. Jan 23 - Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Resulting murder trial of her husband perhaps only case in US history where the alleged testimony of a ghost helped secure a conviction.

Popular Movies 1897

  1. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight - Director: Rector, Enoch J.. Country: USA.

Who Was US President 1897

Grover Cleveland
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