Historical Events In 1896

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

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

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

Jun 04   Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit in the year 1896.   

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

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

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) 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 g Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)   

Jun 07   On this day in history 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   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio) in the year 1896.   

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   US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1896.   

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

Jun 16   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) in the year 1896.   

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

Jun 26   In the year 1896 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 in the year 1896.   

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   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   In the year 1896 wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)   

Jul 01   Harbor of Ymuiden opens on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born in the year 1896.   

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 in the year 1896.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)   

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

Jan 15   In the year 1896 matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72   

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

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

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 on this day in history.