Page 5: Historical Events In 1896

Apr 06   1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece [3/25 OS] American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history on this day in history.   

Apr 06   First modern Olympic games begin in Athens, Greece in the year 1896.   

Apr 06   Juan Tomas Perez, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 06   The first modern Olympic games begin in Athens (3/25 OS) on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Benny Leonard, lightweight boxing champ (1917-25) in the year 1896.   

Apr 08   Karl Hermann Pillney, composer in the year 1896.   

Apr 10   Edith Day, Minneapolis MN in the year 1896.   

Apr 10   On this day in history greek runner Spiridon Loues wins first modern Olympic marathon in Athens   

Apr 10   On this day in history spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50)   

Apr 12   Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1896.   

Apr 12   Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens) in the year 1896.   

Apr 14   John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (NYC) in the year 1896.   

Apr 15   1st Olympic games close at Athens, Greece on this day in history.   

Apr 17   In the year 1896 senor Wences, ventriloquist (his hand acts as a puppet)   

Apr 18   C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist (Le Jura plisse) in the year 1896.   

Apr 19   In the year 1896 herzl's "The Jewish State" is published   

Apr 20   1st public film showing in US John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres in NYC in the year 1896.   

Apr 20   Senor Wences, ventriloquist (Close the Door) on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1896 h de Montherlant, writer   

Apr 23   In the year 1896 margaret Kennedy, novelist   

Apr 23   Premier of motion pictures (Koster & Bial's Music Hall, NYC) on this day in history.   

Apr 23   On this day in history vitascope system of movie projection first demonstrated (NYC)   

Apr 25   In the year 1896 fight in Central Dance Hall starts fire (Cripple Creek Colorado)   

Apr 27   In the year 1896 rogers Hornsby, 2nd baseman (St Louis Cards)   

Apr 27   The birth of Louis Victor de Broglie, French physicist and philosopher in the year 1896.   

Apr 28   In the year 1896 heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies   

Apr 29   On this day in history jacques Leon Wolfe, composer   

Apr 30   On this day in history antonio Cagnoni, composer, dies at 68   

Apr 30   On this day in history gary Davis, Laurens SC, blues/folk guitarist (A Little More Faith)   

May 01   Nasr-ed-Din, shah of Persia (184.-96), murdered at 65 on this day in history.   

May 04   1st edition of London Daily Mail (halfpenny) in the year 1896.   

May 04   On this day in history grease fire ignites ½ ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek CO   

May 04   The first edition of London Daily Mail (½ penny) in the year 1896.   

May 06   In the year 1896 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75   

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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   In the year 1896 birth of yitzhak Edel, composer   

Jan 02   Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born in the year 1896.   

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

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

Jan 18   In the year 1896 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   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 in the year 1896.   

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