Page 12: Historical Events In 1896

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

Nov 24   1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont in the year 1896.   

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   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   Lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly) on this day in history.   

Nov 29   Philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund) in the year 1896.   

Dec 01   In the year 1896 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)   

Dec 01   In the year 1896 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 03   On this day in history boleslaw Szabelski, composer   

Dec 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1896 earnest Angel, German statistician (Law of Angel), dies at 75   

Dec 08   In the year 1896 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   Alfred Nobel, Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63 in the year 1896.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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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 in the year 1896.   

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

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   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.   

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   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died on this day in history.   

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

Jan 15   In the year 1896 matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72   

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   On this day in history frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

Jan 28   On this day in history joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57