Page 7: 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 in the year 1896.   

Jun 02   In the year 1896 guglielmo Marconi patents the radio   

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

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

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   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) on this day in history.   

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   Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross) in the year 1896.   

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

Jun 11   On this day in history friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72   

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

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

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   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) on this day in history.   

Jun 16   On this day in history temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif   

Jun 16   Temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif in the year 1896.   

Jun 18   Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience) in the year 1896.   

Jun 19   In the year 1896 bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee   

Jun 22   Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1896 louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81   

Jun 27   On this day in history franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond   

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

Jun 30   The birth of Howard Hawks, American film director in the year 1896.   

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   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   On this day in history birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)   

Jan 02   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born in the year 1896.   

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

Jan 04   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born in the year 1896.   

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

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died on this day in history.   

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 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   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57