Historical Events In 1896

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

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

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

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) in the year 1896.  

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) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1896 boleslaw Szabelski, composer  

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

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

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

Dec 06   On this day in history arnold Foster, composer  

Dec 06   On this day in history d T Suzuki found the awakening at Engakuji temple, in Kamakura  

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

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

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

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   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] in the year 1896.  

Dec 12   Eslanda Goode, US anthropology/author under Paul Robeson 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   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   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   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history john GR Acquoy, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67  

Dec 19   On this day in history john Seldon Whale, theologian  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)  

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   On this day in history death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)  

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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 18   Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1896.