Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   On this day in history gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies  

Jun 02   Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio on this day in history.  

Jun 04   In the year 1896 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   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   On this day in history italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome)  

Jun 07   In the year 1896 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) in the year 1896.  

Jun 07   In the year 1896 robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)  

Jun 08   1st car is stolen in the year 1896.  

Jun 08   Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross) on this day in history.  

Jun 09   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio) in the year 1896.  

Jun 11   In the year 1896 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

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

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized on this day in history.  

Jun 12   J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season on this day in history.  

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

Jun 16   On this day in history temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 18   On this day in history blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)  

Jun 19   On this day in history bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee  

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

Jun 27   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history w S Hadaway patents electric stove  

Jun 30   Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) in the year 1896.  

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

Jul 01   In the year 1896 harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)  

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

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   On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)  

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

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

Jan 15   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 in the year 1896.  

Jan 18   Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) died in the year 1896.  

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   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1896.