Historical Events For 1896

Jun 02   Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies in the year 1896.  

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

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 in the year 1896.  

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   G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 09   On this day in history aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)  

Jun 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1896.  

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   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   In the year 1896 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   Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee on this day in history.  

Jun 22   In the year 1896 francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)  

Jun 25   In the year 1896 emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58  

Jun 26   On this day in history 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission  

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   On this day in history the birth of Howard Hawks, American film director  

Jun 30   In the year 1896 w S Hadaway patents electric stove  

Jun 30   In the year 1896 wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)  

Jul 01   On this day in history harbor of Ymuiden opens  

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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)  

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 02   Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 02   In the year 1896 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   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   On this day in history death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)  

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   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.