Page 12: Historical Events In 1896

Nov 23   On this day in history joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher   

Nov 24   1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont in the year 1896.   

Nov 25   On this day in history virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)   

Nov 26   1st large indoor football game, U of Chic beats U of Mich 7-6 in the year 1896.   

Nov 27   "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt in the year 1896.   

Nov 27   Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio) in the year 1896.   

Nov 28   In the year 1896 lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly)   

Nov 29   Philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund) in the year 1896.   

Dec 01   1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY) in the year 1896.   

Dec 01   Petko Staynov, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 01   The First certified public accountants receive certificates, New York in the year 1896.   

Dec 02   Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11] on this day in history.   

Dec 02   On this day in history gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin   

Dec 03   Boleslaw Szabelski, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 04   Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS] in the year 1896.   

Dec 05   In the year 1896 (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author   

Dec 05   In the year 1896 henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig   

Dec 06   On this day in history arnold Foster, composer   

Dec 06   On this day in history d T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura   

Dec 06   The birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George on this day in history.   

Dec 07   On this day in history juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer   

Dec 08   In the year 1896 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75   

Dec 08   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)   

Dec 10   On this day in history 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)   

Dec 10   Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 in the year 1896.   

Dec 11   Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2] in the year 1896.   

Dec 12   Eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson on this day in history.   

Dec 14   James Doolittle aviator U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born in the year 1896.   

Dec 14   On this day in history james Doolittle aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born   

Dec 14   James H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942) on this day in history.   

Dec 14   In the year 1896 the Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.   

Dec 15   On this day in history carl Ferdinand Cori, US bio-chemist   

Dec 15   On this day in history herman Hollerith, inventor of the tabulating machine used in the 1890 U.S. census, was saved from financial ruin when the Russian government contracted his tabulating machine for their census   

Dec 15   On this day in history john GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

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Jan 01   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of yitzhak Edel, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)   

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)   

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died in the year 1896.   

Jan 15   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 in the year 1896.   

Jan 18   On this day in history death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)   

Jan 20   In the year 1896 heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

Jan 25   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.