Historical Events In 1896

Nov 23   In the year 1896 joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher  

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

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

Nov 26   On this day in history 1st large indoor football game, U of Chic beats U of Mich 7-6  

Nov 27   In the year 1896 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt  

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

Nov 28   On this day in history 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   1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY) in the year 1896.  

Dec 01   Petko Staynov, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 01   The First certified public accountants receive certificates, New York in the year 1896.  

Dec 02   Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11] on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1896 (Lady Huxley) Juliette Baillot, author  

Dec 05   Henrik Ibsen's "Kejsor og Galileer," premieres in Leipzig on this day in history.  

Dec 06   In the year 1896 arnold Foster, composer  

Dec 06   D T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura on this day in history.  

Dec 06   The birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George in the year 1896.  

Dec 07   Juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer on this day in history.  

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

Dec 08   Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Missing 3 Quarter" (BG) on this day in history.  

Dec 10   1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3) on this day in history.  

Dec 10   On this day in history alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63  

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

Dec 12   On this day in history eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson  

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   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history james H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)  

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 in the year 1896.  

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   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   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1896.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died in the year 1896.  

Jan 04   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died in the year 1896.  

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died in the year 1896.  

Jan 15   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1896.  

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 on this day in history.