Page 12: 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   Virgil Thomson, KC Mo, composer/music critic (4 Saints in 3 Acts) on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history lilia Skala, Vienna, actress (House of Games, Flashdance, Charly)   

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

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

Dec 01   In the year 1896 petko Staynov, composer   

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

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   Boleslaw Szabelski, composer in the year 1896.   

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   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   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   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   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] on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1896.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1896.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)   

Jan 01   In the year 1896 death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

Jan 25   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.