Historical Events In 1896

Nov 23   Joris Vriamont, Flemish author/music publisher in the year 1896.  

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

Nov 25   In the year 1896 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 in the year 1896.  

Nov 27   On this day in history "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) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 01   In the year 1896 the First certified public accountants receive certificates, New York  

Dec 02   In the year 1896 georgi K Zjukov, marshal of Moskow/Stalingrad [NS-Dec 11]  

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

Dec 03   Boleslaw Szabelski, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 04   In the year 1896 nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS]  

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

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

Dec 06   On this day in history arnold Foster, composer  

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

Dec 06   The birth of Ira Gershwin, American lyricist; with brother George on this day in history.  

Dec 07   In the year 1896 juan Maria Thomas Sabater, composer  

Dec 08   On this day in history earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75  

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   Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Dec 11   Georgi K Zjukov, Russian minister of Defense (WW II) [OS-Dec 2] in the year 1896.  

Dec 12   Eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson on this day in history.  

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   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   James H Doolittle, USAF General (Raid on Tokyo 1942) on this day in history.  

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

Dec 15   On this day in history carl Ferdinand Cori, US bio-chemist  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born in the year 1896.  

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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 18   In the year 1896 death of charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   In the year 1896 joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57