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   On this day in history virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts)  

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

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

Nov 27   On this day in history giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio)  

Nov 28   Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly) in the year 1896.  

Nov 29   In the year 1896 philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund)  

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

Dec 01   Petko Staynov, composer in the year 1896.  

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

Dec 02   Georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11] in the year 1896.  

Dec 02   On this day in history gerhart Hauptmann's "Die versunkene Glocke," premieres in Berlin  

Dec 03   In the year 1896 boleslaw Szabelski, composer  

Dec 04   Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS] on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

Dec 12   In the year 1896 eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson  

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 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 H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942)  

Dec 14   In the year 1896 the Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.  

Dec 15   In the year 1896 carl Ferdinand Cori, US bio-chemist  

Dec 15   On this day in history 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  

Dec 15   On this day in history john GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67  

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Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of yitzhak Edel, composer  

Jan 02   Dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!) was born in the year 1896.  

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   On this day in history birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)  

Jan 01   On this day in history 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   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 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 on this day in history.  

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.