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   In the year 1896 guglielmo Marconi patents the radio   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   On this day in history george Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic   

Jun 06   On this day in history 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) 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   Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966) in the year 1896.   

Jun 08   On this day in history 1st car is stolen   

Jun 08   In the year 1896 samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)   

Jun 09   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 11   On this day in history uS Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized   

Jun 11   On this day in history uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized   

Jun 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)   

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

Jun 16   In the year 1896 temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif   

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 in the year 1896.   

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 in the year 1896.   

Jun 26   1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission in the year 1896.   

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 in the year 1896.   

Jun 29   Irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart) on this day in history.   

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   Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) in the year 1896.   

Jul 01   In the year 1896 harbor of Ymuiden opens   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)   

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

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   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   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   On this day in history joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57