Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 02   On this day in history guglielmo Marconi patents the radio  

Jun 04   Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.  

Jun 04   Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1896.  

Jun 06   Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome) 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   G Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) on this day in history.  

Jun 07   Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966) on this day in history.  

Jun 08   On this day in history 1st car is stolen  

Jun 08   Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross) on this day in history.  

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

Jun 16   Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot) in the year 1896.  

Jun 16   On this day in history temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 16   On this day in history temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 18   Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience) on this day in history.  

Jun 19   Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee on this day in history.  

Jun 22   On this day in history francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)  

Jun 25   Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 in the year 1896.  

Jun 26   In the year 1896 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission  

Jun 26   In the year 1896 louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81  

Jun 27   Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond in the year 1896.  

Jun 29   On this day in history 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   W S Hadaway patents electric stove in the year 1896.  

Jun 30   Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1896 birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)  

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 18   On this day in history death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)  

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 in the year 1896.