Historical Events In 1896

Oct 20   In the year 1896 nat Holman, basketball coach (CCNY)  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history edith Haisman, Titanic survivor  

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

Oct 28   In the year 1896 howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic)  

Oct 30   Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 30   On this day in history martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator  

Oct 31   Ethel Waters, Chester Pa, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 01   In the year 1896 edmund Blunden, English poet/critic (Undertones of War)  

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

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

Nov 06   In the year 1896 jim Jordan, Peoria IL, radio comedian (Fibber McGee)  

Nov 07   Herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate) on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees) on this day in history.  

Nov 11   In the year 1896 charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, NYC Mafia gangster  

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

Nov 12   On this day in history spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84  

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

Nov 13   In the year 1896 nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60)  

Nov 14   Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61) on this day in history.  

Nov 14   In the year 1896 power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation  

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

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

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

Nov 20   In the year 1896 mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer  

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

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

Nov 23   In the year 1896 joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher  

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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   In the year 1896 birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)  

Jan 02   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)  

Jan 04   In the year 1896 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 in the year 1896.  

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   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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 25   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68  

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1896.