Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 02   In the year 1896 guglielmo Marconi patents the radio  

Jun 04   Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.  

Jun 04   In the year 1896 henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit  

Jun 06   In the year 1896 21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51  

Jun 06   In the year 1896 george Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic  

Jun 06   In the year 1896 italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome)  

Jun 07   In the year 1896 g Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)  

Jun 07   On this day in history g Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)  

Jun 07   In the year 1896 robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)  

Jun 08   In the year 1896 1st car is stolen  

Jun 08   In the year 1896 samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)  

Jun 09   In the year 1896 aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)  

Jun 11   On this day in history friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized on this day in history.  

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized on this day in history.  

Jun 12   J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season in the year 1896.  

Jun 15   In the year 1896 tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed  

Jun 16   On this day in history jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)  

Jun 16   In the year 1896 temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 16   On this day in history temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif  

Jun 18   On this day in history blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)  

Jun 19   On this day in history bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee  

Jun 22   Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) in the year 1896.  

Jun 25   Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 in the year 1896.  

Jun 26   In the year 1896 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission  

Jun 26   On this day in history louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81  

Jun 27   Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond in the year 1896.  

Jun 29   Irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart) on this day in history.  

Jun 30   The birth of Howard Hawks, American film director in the year 1896.  

Jun 30   W S Hadaway patents electric stove in the year 1896.  

Jun 30   Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) on this day in history.  

Jul 01   On this day in history harbor of Ymuiden opens  

Jul 01   Harriet Beecher Stowe, US author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), dies at 85 in the year 1896.  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of maurice Jacobson, composer  

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   On this day in history birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)  

Jan 08   In the year 1896 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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 20   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 in the year 1896.  

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