Timeline August 1897

Events in August 1897 8

• 1828 – 1897 Antonio Canovas del Castillo (1828-1897) Died 8 August 1897, aged 68 (assassinated) Antonio Canovas del Castillo was a Spanish statesman who served multiple terms as prime minister and architected the political system of the Restoration monarchy. He was shot and killed by the Italian anarchist Michele Angiolillo at a spa in Santa Agueda on 8 August 1897. His death destabilized the political system he had built.
• 1897 US Championships 1897 Men: Robert Wrenn · Women: Juliette Atkinson
• 1897 – 1979 Jack Haley (1897-1979) American vaudevillian and actor, the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz.
• 1897 Jack Haley born in Boston Jack Haley is born in Boston.
• 1897 Ronald Ross discovers malaria parasite in mosquitoes British doctor identifies the mosquito as malaria's vector Working in Secunderabad, India, British army physician Ronald Ross found malaria parasites in the stomach tissue of an Anopheles mosquito on 20 August 1897. The discovery proved mosquitoes transmit malaria to humans and opened the way for effective disease control measures. Ross received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1902 for the finding.
• 1897 First Zionist Congress Delegates in Basel launch the modern Zionist movement Theodor Herzl convened around 200 delegates in Basel, Switzerland, from 29 to 31 August 1897 to organize the Zionist movement. The congress founded the World Zionist Organization and adopted the Basel Program calling for a Jewish homeland in Palestine. It marked the beginning of organized political Zionism.
• 1897 – 1975 Fredric March (1897-1975) American actor, winner of two Oscars and two Tonys, from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to The Best Years of Our Lives.
• 1897 Fredric March born in Racine Fredric March is born in Racine.