Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   In the year 1896 gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies  

Jun 02   Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio in the year 1896.  

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

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

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

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) in the year 1896.  

Jun 09   In the year 1896 aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)  

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

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

Jun 11   In the year 1896 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 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   Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot) in the year 1896.  

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

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

Jun 18   In the year 1896 blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)  

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 in the year 1896.  

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

Jun 26   Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 in the year 1896.  

Jun 27   Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond on this day in history.  

Jun 29   In the year 1896 irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart)  

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

Jun 30   W S Hadaway patents electric stove on this day in history.  

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   Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 in the year 1896.  

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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   On this day in history birth of yitzhak Edel, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)  

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died in the year 1896.  

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   In the year 1896 death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)  

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