1897 in the United States Events from the year 1897 in the United States .Incumbents Federal Government ">Federal government of the United States">Federal GovernmentLieutenant Governors Events January–March finds the Federal Treasury cupboard bareJuly–September July 17 – The Klondike Gold Rush begins when the first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle . July 31 – Mount Saint Elias , the second highest peak in the United States and Canada , is first ascended. August 21 – Oldsmobile is founded in Lansing, Michigan by Ransom E. Olds. August 31 – Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the Kinetoscope , a precursor of the movie projector . September 1 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground metro in North America . September 10 – Lattimer Massacre: A sheriff's posse kills more than 19 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania . September 21 – In response to a letter written by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon, The Sun publishes an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church stating, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".October–December October 12 – The USS Baltimore is recommissioned, since 1890, for several months of duty in the Hawaiian Islands . October 23 – The Kappa Delta sorority is founded at State Female Normal School now Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. November 1 - The Library of Congress Building in Washington, D .C., designed by Paul J. Pelz, is opened.Undated Elbridge Ayer Burbank begins painting portraits of Native Americans in the United States from life. Women photographers Zaida Ben-Yusuf and Gertrude Käsebier open portrait studios in New York City. The Auburn University Marching Band is created at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama .Ongoing Gay Nineties Progressive Era Lochner era Births January 3 - Marion Davies , film actress February 27 - Marian Anderson , African American contralto March 2 - Minor Hall , jazz drummer March 4 - Lefty O'Doul , baseball player and restaurateur March 8 - Charles W. Brooks, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949 March 11 - Henry Cowell , composer April 26 - Eddie Eagan , Olympic gold medal boxer and bobsledder May 6 - William A. Purtell, U.S. Senator from Connecticut in 1952 and from 1953 to 1959 June 6 - Homer E. Capehart, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1945 to 1963 July 9 - Albert C. Wedemeyer, U.S. Army general July 10 - John Gilbert , silent film actor July 24 - Amelia Earhart , aviation pioneer and author September 24 - Lee Fenner , American footballer September 25 - William Faulkner , novelist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 November 2 - Richard Russell, Jr., U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1933 to 1971 November 8 - Dorothy Day , journalist and social activistDeaths June 14 1897 Juan Domingo Montoya civil war combat veteran. Mosquero canyon, New Mexico. Valverde, glorieta pass April 10 - Daniel W. Voorhees, U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897 August 14 - James Z. George, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1881 to 1897 October 3 - Samuel J. R. McMillan, U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1875 to 1887 October 11 - Charles W. Jones, Ireland-born U.S. Senator from Florida from 1875 to 1887 October 29 - * Henry George , writer, politician and political economist * William J. Babcock, Medal of Honor recipient November 3 - Thomas Lanier Clingman , North Carolina congressman, senator and confederate general
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