Page 3: Historical Events In 1896

Feb 18   Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for 1st time in 50 yrs.   

Feb 18   Cave of Winds at Niagara Falls goes almost dry for inaugural time in 50 years.   

Feb 20   Henri de Lubac sj, French theologist/anti-fascist.   

Feb 21   Sylvain Poons, Dutch cabaret performer (Blue Jackets)   

Feb 22   Edvin Wide, Sweden, 10K runner (Olympic-silver-1924).   

Feb 22   Thomas Hughes, politican/author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, Brighton.   

Feb 23   Tootsie Roll introduced by Leo Hirshfield.   

Feb 24   Victoria all out for 43 vs South Australia, Jones 6-15 Jarvis 4-27   

Feb 25   Italian government decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea   

Feb 25   Italian govt decides to attack governor Baratieri of Eritrea.   

Feb 25   John J McClellan, (Sen-D-Ark)   

Feb 26   Andrei A Zjdanov, Russian politician (against kosmopolitism).   

Feb 28   France dismisses Queen Ranavalona of Madagascar   

Feb 28   Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel)   

Feb 29   Omer C F L Tulippe, Belgian geographer   

Mar 01   Albertone, Italian general (Eritrea), dies in battle   

Mar 01   Battle of Adua 80000 Ethiopians destroy 20000 Italians   

Mar 01   Battle of Adua: 80000 Ethiopians destroy 20000 Italians.   

Mar 01   Dimitri Mitropoulos, Athens Greece, conductor/composer   

Mar 02   Battle of Aduwa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia) defeats invading Italians.   

Mar 02   George Lohmann takes 9-28 vs South Africa at Johannesburg   

Mar 05   Italian Governor of Eritrea, General Baldissera, reaches Massawa.   

Mar 05   Italian premier Crispi steps down   

Mar 06   1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage".   

Mar 06   In Detroit MI, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" for the inaugural time.   

Mar 07   Erwin Bodky, composer   

Mar 07   Gilbert and Sullivan's last operette "Grand Duke," premieres in London.   

Mar 08   Volunteers of America forms (NYC).   

Mar 10   After Bob Fitzsimmons KOs much larger Jim Corbett to win world HW championship he says, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall".   

Mar 10   Bronx acquires O'Brien Square   

Mar 10   Harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon).   

Mar 10   In this year, Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece claims inaugural modern marathon in 3 18.   

Mar 10   In this year, Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece claims inaugural modern marathon in 3:18   

Mar 12   1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220).   

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

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of yitzhak Edel, composer   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1896.   

Jan 15   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 in the year 1896.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1896.