Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   On this day in history gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies  

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

Jun 04   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history 21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51  

Jun 06   George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic on this day in history.  

Jun 06   In the year 1896 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) 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   Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966) on this day in history.  

Jun 08   In the year 1896 1st car is stolen  

Jun 08   On this day in history samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)  

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

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

Jun 11   In the year 1896 uS Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized  

Jun 11   On this day in history 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   Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed in the year 1896.  

Jun 16   In the year 1896 jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)  

Jun 16   Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.  

Jun 16   Temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.  

Jun 18   On this day in history blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)  

Jun 19   On this day in history 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   On this day in history emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58  

Jun 26   In the year 1896 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 on this day in history.  

Jun 27   In the year 1896 franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond  

Jun 29   On this day in history irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart)  

Jun 30   The birth of Howard Hawks, American film director on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 01   In the year 1896 harbor of Ymuiden opens  

Jul 01   On this day in history harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85  

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Jan 01   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of yitzhak Edel, composer  

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

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

Jan 02   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born in the year 1896.  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)  

Jan 08   In the year 1896 death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)  

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

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.