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 on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts) in the year 1896.   

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   In the year 1896 giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio)   

Nov 28   Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly) on this day in history.   

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

Dec 01   On this day in history 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)   

Dec 01   On this day in history petko Staynov, composer   

Dec 01   In the year 1896 the First certified public accountants receive certificates, New York   

Dec 02   In the year 1896 georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11]   

Dec 02   Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin in the year 1896.   

Dec 03   Boleslaw Szabelski, composer in the year 1896.   

Dec 04   Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS] on this day in history.   

Dec 05   On this day in history (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author   

Dec 05   Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig on this day in history.   

Dec 06   In the year 1896 arnold Foster, composer   

Dec 06   D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura on this day in history.   

Dec 06   In the year 1896 the birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George   

Dec 07   Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer in the year 1896.   

Dec 08   Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG) in the year 1896.   

Dec 10   In the year 1896 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)   

Dec 10   In the year 1896 alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63   

Dec 11   Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2] on this day in history.   

Dec 12   On this day in history eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson   

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 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 14   In the year 1896 james H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)   

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

Dec 15   In the year 1896 carl Ferdinand Cori, US bio-chemist   

Dec 15   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 in the year 1896.   

Dec 15   John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 in the year 1896.   

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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 in the year 1896.   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)   

Jan 04   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born in the year 1896.   

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

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

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   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