Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5 on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies in the year 1896.   

Jun 02   On this day in history guglielmo Marconi patents the radio   

Jun 04   In the year 1896 henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit   

Jun 04   On this day in history henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit   

Jun 06   21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic on this day in history.   

Jun 06   Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome) on this day in history.   

Jun 07   G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) on this day in history.   

Jun 07   G Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) on this day in history.   

Jun 07   In the year 1896 robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)   

Jun 08   1st car is stolen in the year 1896.   

Jun 08   Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross) in the year 1896.   

Jun 09   In the year 1896 aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)   

Jun 11   In the year 1896 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72   

Jun 11   In the year 1896 uS Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized   

Jun 11   In the year 1896 uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized   

Jun 12   J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season in the year 1896.   

Jun 15   Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot) in the year 1896.   

Jun 16   Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif in the year 1896.   

Jun 16   In the year 1896 temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif   

Jun 18   Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience) on this day in history.   

Jun 19   Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee in the year 1896.   

Jun 22   On this day in history francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)   

Jun 25   Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   In the year 1896 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission   

Jun 26   On this day in history louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81   

Jun 27   Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond on this day in history.   

Jun 29   On this day in history irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart)   

Jun 30   On this day in history the birth of Howard Hawks, American film director   

Jun 30   W S Hadaway patents electric stove in the year 1896.   

Jun 30   On this day in history wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)   

Jul 01   Harbor of Ymuiden opens in the year 1896.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of maurice Jacobson, composer   

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of yitzhak Edel, composer   

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)   

Jan 02   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)   

Jan 01   In the year 1896 death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)   

Jan 15   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) died on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

Jan 25   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1896.