My grandmother, Nealie Drake Tapley, was born on January 29, 1895. Let's see what was going on the year she was born.
January 29, 1895 was a Tuesday. It was 126 years ago.
In the United States, the most popular baby name for girls is Mary. For the boys, it is John.
The generation born between 1883 and 1900 is called The Lost Generation. These are the people who came of age during World War I. "Lost" refers to the "disoriented, wandering, directionless" spirit of many of the war's survivors early after the war's end.
The President of the United States was Grover Cleveland. The Vice President was Adlai Stevenson I.
In 1895 Mintonette, later known as volleyball, is created. Katharine Lee Bates' lyrics for "America the Beautiful" are first published. American frontier murderer and outlaw, John Wesley Hardin, is killed by an off-duty policeman in a saloon in El Paso, Texas. The first professional American football game is played in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. George B. Sheldon is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. Oscar Hammerstein opens the Olympia Theatre, the first theatre to be built in New York City's Times Square District. The first American automobile race in history is sponsored by the Chicago Times-Herald. George Washington Vanderbilt II officially opens his Biltmore Estate on Christmas Eve, inviting his family and guests to celebrate his new home in Ashville, North Carolina. W. E. B. Du Bois becomes the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University. The gold reserve of the U.S. Treasury is saved when J. P. Morgan and the Rothschilds loan $65 million worth of gold to the United States government.
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| The winning vehicle of the the very first automobile race in the U.S., a Duryea Motor Wagon Company vehicle driving by Frank Duryea. The route was from Chicago to Evanston and back, 54 miles. Duryea's car won the race, taking 7 hours and 53 minutes, having traveled an average of 7mph. |
1895 Prices
Bread: $0.03/loaf
Milk: $0.20/gal
House: $4,850
Average Income: $640/year
Top Songs for 1895:
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
The Streets of Cairo
America, the Beautiful
People Born on January 29:
1737 - Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense; Age of Reason)
1756 - Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Rep/Gov-VA)/General
1874 - John David Rockefeller Jr, Cleveland, Ohio, Philanthropist
1954 - Oprah Winfrey, Kosciusko, Michigan, Actress/TV Host (Color Purple, Oprah)
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