Page 4: Historical Events In 1896

Mar 10   On this day in history harry Krimer, actor (Napoleon)   

Mar 12   1st movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220) in the year 1896.   

Mar 12   Jesse "Lone Cat" Fuller, San Francisco Blues Great on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1896 the first movie in Netherlands (Kalverstr 220)   

Mar 13   On this day in history dorothy Aldis, writer   

Mar 14   Sutro Baths (San Francisco) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) in the year 1896.   

Mar 14   Sutro Baths (SF) opens by Cliff House (closed Sept 1, 1952) on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Conrad Nagel, Keokuk Iowa, actor (Celebrity Time) in the year 1896.   

Mar 16   Premiere of Mahler's "Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen" in the year 1896.   

Mar 20   Hal Walker, Ottumwa Ia, director (I Married Joan) in the year 1896.   

Mar 20   Marines land in Nicaragua to protect US citizens on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1896 the Grand Trunk Railway obtains control of the Central Vermont Railway which retained its corporate identity.   

Mar 20   Uprising in Matabeleland in the year 1896.   

Mar 20   Wilfred 'Wop' May pilot, World War I air ace, born on this day.. May was being pursued by German ace Manfred von Richthofen when the Red Baron was shot down on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1896 charilaos Vasilakos wins 1st marathon (3:18)   

Mar 22   On this day in history giulia D De Albertis, writer   

Mar 23   On this day in history umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chénier," premieres in Milan   

Mar 24   In the year 1896 gianna Manzini, writer   

Mar 25   Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece [NS=Apr 6] on this day in history.   

Mar 25   In the year 1896 modern Olympics begin in Athens Greece   

Mar 26   Nanny v Hof, writer, dies in the year 1896.   

Mar 26   On this day in history richard Flury, composer   

Mar 28   In the year 1896 e Rundle Charles, writer, dies   

Mar 28   The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan) in the year 1896.   

Mar 31   Whitcomb Judson, Chicago IL, patents a hookless fastening (zipper) on this day in history.   

Apr 03   In the year 1896 douwe Kalma, Dutch literary/leader (Young Frisian Movement)   

Apr 04   On this day in history announcement of Gold in the Yukon   

Apr 04   On this day in history announcement of Gold in Yukon   

Apr 04   On this day in history news of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world.   

Apr 04   On this day in history robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight)   

Apr 04   On this day in history the birth of Tristan Tzara, French poet   

Apr 05   On this day in history 1st modern Olympic Games officially open in Athens   

Apr 05   1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens on this day in history.   

Apr 05   John Rogers Thomas, composer, dies at 66 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 in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of yitzhak Edel, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)   

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 in the year 1896.   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 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   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   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   In the year 1896 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.