Page 7: Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5 in the year 1896.   

Jun 02   Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 02   Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio in the year 1896.   

Jun 04   On this day in history henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit   

Jun 04   Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 06   In the year 1896 italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome)   

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   In the year 1896 1st car is stolen   

Jun 08   On this day in history samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)   

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   On this day in history uS Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized   

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

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

Jun 15   In the year 1896 tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed   

Jun 16   Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1896 temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif   

Jun 16   On this day in history temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif   

Jun 18   On this day in history blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)   

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

Jun 22   Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) on this day in history.   

Jun 25   In the year 1896 emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58   

Jun 26   On this day in history 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission   

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

Jun 27   In the year 1896 franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond   

Jun 29   Irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart) in the year 1896.   

Jun 30   In the year 1896 the birth of Howard Hawks, American film director   

Jun 30   In the year 1896 w S Hadaway patents electric stove   

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

Jul 01   In the year 1896 harbor of Ymuiden opens   

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Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of maurice Jacobson, composer   

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

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer   

Jan 02   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born in the year 1896.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

Jan 04   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died in the year 1896.   

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

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