Page 12: Historical Events In 1896

Nov 23   On this day in history joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher   

Nov 24   On this day in history 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont   

Nov 25   Virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts) in the year 1896.   

Nov 26   1st large indoor football game, U of Chic beats U of Mich 7-6 in the year 1896.   

Nov 27   "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt on this day in history.   

Nov 27   Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio) on this day in history.   

Nov 28   In the year 1896 lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly)   

Nov 29   On this day in history philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund)   

Dec 01   On this day in history 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)   

Dec 01   On this day in history petko Staynov, composer   

Dec 01   The First certified public accountants receive certificates, New York on this day in history.   

Dec 02   On this day in history georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11]   

Dec 02   Gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin in the year 1896.   

Dec 03   In the year 1896 boleslaw Szabelski, composer   

Dec 04   On this day in history nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]   

Dec 05   On this day in history (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author   

Dec 05   In the year 1896 henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig   

Dec 06   Arnold Foster, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 06   D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura in the year 1896.   

Dec 06   On this day in history the birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George   

Dec 07   On this day in history juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer   

Dec 08   Earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Dec 08   On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG)   

Dec 10   1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3) in the year 1896.   

Dec 10   Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 in the year 1896.   

Dec 11   Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2] on this day in history.   

Dec 12   Eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson in the year 1896.   

Dec 14   James Doolittle aviator U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born in the year 1896.   

Dec 14   On this day in history james Doolittle aviator: U.S. Army Air Force Lt. General awarded Congressional Medal of Honor for leading 1st U.S. aerial raid against Japan in WWII was born   

Dec 14   James H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942) in the year 1896.   

Dec 14   On this day in history the Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.   

Dec 15   Carl Ferdinand Cori, US bio-chemist on this day in history.   

Dec 15   Herman Hollerith, inventor of the tabulating machine used in the 1890 U.S. census, was saved from financial ruin when the Russian government contracted his tabulating machine for their census in the year 1896.   

Dec 15   John GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)   

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born in the year 1896.   

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   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born in the year 1896.   

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   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 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   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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