Historical Events In 1896

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

Oct 21   On this day in history edna Purviance, Lovelock NV (Dog's Pleasure, Dog's Life)  

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

Oct 24   On this day in history jack Warner, [Waters], London England, actor (Christmas Carol)  

Oct 26   Abyssinia & Italy sign peace treaty on this day in history.  

Oct 27   1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) in the year 1896.  

Oct 27   In the year 1896 edith Haisman, Titanic survivor  

Oct 27   The first Pali Road completed in Hawaii on this day in history.  

Oct 28   Howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic) on this day in history.  

Oct 30   On this day in history anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer  

Oct 30   Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies on this day in history.  

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   1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag on this day in history.  

Nov 01   Edmund Blunden, English poet/critic (Undertones of War) in the year 1896.  

Nov 03   On this day in history j H Hunter patents portable weighing scales  

Nov 03   On this day in history 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   On this day in history herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate)  

Nov 08   On this day in history bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)  

Nov 11   Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster on this day in history.  

Nov 11   Jules Vandenpeereboom becomes Belgium's minister of War on this day in history.  

Nov 12   Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84 in the year 1896.  

Nov 13   On this day in history antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50  

Nov 13   On this day in history nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60)  

Nov 14   In the year 1896 mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61)  

Nov 14   On this day in history power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation  

Nov 16   Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield Calif, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50) on this day in history.  

Nov 19   In the year 1896 start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Sussex Vampire" (BG)  

Nov 19   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Sussex Vampire" (BG)  

Nov 20   Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 22   On this day in history george Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies  

Nov 22   Mario La Broca, composer on this day in history.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 02   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)  

Jan 01   In the year 1896 death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)  

Jan 04   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died in the year 1896.  

Jan 15   In the year 1896 matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72  

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

Jan 20   On this day in history 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.