Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   In the year 1896 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5  

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

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   In the year 1896 henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit  

Jun 06   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history g Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)  

Jun 07   On this day in history robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)  

Jun 08   1st car is stolen in the year 1896.  

Jun 08   In the year 1896 samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)  

Jun 09   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio) in the year 1896.  

Jun 11   Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1896 temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 16   In the year 1896 temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 18   Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience) in the year 1896.  

Jun 19   Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee in the year 1896.  

Jun 22   Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) in the year 1896.  

Jun 25   On this day in history emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58  

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

Jun 26   Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 in the year 1896.  

Jun 27   On this day in history franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond  

Jun 29   In the year 1896 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 01   Harbor of Ymuiden opens in the year 1896.  

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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   In the year 1896 birth of yitzhak Edel, composer  

Jan 02   Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer  

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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37  

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.