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   On this day in history gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies   

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

Jun 04   Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.   

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

Jun 06   21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51 in the year 1896.   

Jun 06   In the year 1896 george Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic   

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

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

Jun 07   G Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) in the year 1896.   

Jun 07   Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966) in the year 1896.   

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

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

Jun 09   On this day in history aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)   

Jun 11   Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized in the year 1896.   

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 in the year 1896.   

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

Jun 16   Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 1896 blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)   

Jun 19   Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1896.   

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

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

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

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)   

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

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

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died in the year 1896.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1896 death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)   

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

Jan 18   In the year 1896 death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)   

Jan 20   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 28   In the year 1896 joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57