Historical Events In 1896

Oct 20   Nat Holman, basketball coach (CCNY) in the year 1896.  

Oct 21   Edna Purviance, Lovelock NV (Dog's Pleasure, Dog's Life) on this day in history.  

Oct 22   Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C) in the year 1896.  

Oct 24   Jack Warner, [Waters], London England, actor (Christmas Carol) in the year 1896.  

Oct 26   In the year 1896 abyssinia & Italy sign peace treaty  

Oct 27   1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) on this day in history.  

Oct 27   Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor in the year 1896.  

Oct 27   The first Pali Road completed in Hawaii in the year 1896.  

Oct 28   On this day in history howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic)  

Oct 30   In the year 1896 anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer  

Oct 30   On this day in history charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies  

Oct 30   In the year 1896 martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator  

Oct 31   In the year 1896 ethel Waters, Chester Pa, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather)  

Nov 01   In the year 1896 1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag  

Nov 01   On this day in history edmund Blunden, English poet/critic (Undertones of War)  

Nov 03   J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales in the year 1896.  

Nov 03   In the year 1896 william McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for President  

Nov 06   Jim Jordan, Peoria IL, radio comedian (Fibber McGee) on this day in history.  

Nov 07   In the year 1896 herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate)  

Nov 08   Bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees) in the year 1896.  

Nov 11   On this day in history charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster  

Nov 11   Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War in the year 1896.  

Nov 12   In the year 1896 spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84  

Nov 13   Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1896.  

Nov 13   Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60) on this day in history.  

Nov 14   On this day in history mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)  

Nov 14   Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation on this day in history.  

Nov 16   In the year 1896 lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield Calif, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50)  

Nov 19   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Sussex Vampire" (BG) in the year 1896.  

Nov 19   Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire" (BG) on this day in history.  

Nov 20   Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer in the year 1896.  

Nov 22   George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 22   On this day in history mario La Broca, composer  

Nov 23   Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher in the year 1896.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1896 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   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)  

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)  

Jan 01   On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)  

Jan 04   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died in the year 1896.  

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   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57