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 in the year 1896.   

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

Jun 06   George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic in the year 1896.   

Jun 06   Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome) in the year 1896.   

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   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   Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1896.   

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

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

Jun 16   Temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1896 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 26   On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of yitzhak Edel, composer   

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

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 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   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1896 death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)   

Jan 15   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

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