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   In the year 1896 charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C)  

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

Oct 26   In the year 1896 abyssinia & Italy sign peace treaty  

Oct 27   1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!) on this day in history.  

Oct 27   Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor on this day in history.  

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

Oct 28   On this day in history howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic)  

Oct 30   Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer in the year 1896.  

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

Oct 30   In the year 1896 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   1st bare women breast (Zulu) to appear in National Geographic Mag in the year 1896.  

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   In the year 1896 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   Herbert R O'Connor, Balt Md, (Sen-Md)/TV narrator (Crime Syndicate) in the year 1896.  

Nov 08   In the year 1896 bucky Harris, baseball manager (Phillies, Yankees)  

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   Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Nov 13   Antonio Pena y Goni, composer, dies at 50 in the year 1896.  

Nov 13   Nobusuke Kishi, premier of Japan (1957-60) on this day in history.  

Nov 14   Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady (1953-61) in the year 1896.  

Nov 14   Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation in the year 1896.  

Nov 16   In the year 1896 lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield Calif, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50)  

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

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

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

Nov 22   In the year 1896 george Washington Gale Ferris, inventor (Ferris wheel), dies  

Nov 22   In the year 1896 mario La Broca, composer  

Nov 23   Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1896 death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)  

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)  

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   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.