Page 7: Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 02   Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio in the year 1896.   

Jun 04   Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit in the year 1896.   

Jun 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history g Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days)   

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

Jun 07   Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966) on this day in history.   

Jun 08   1st car is stolen on this day in history.   

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

Jun 09   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio) in the year 1896.   

Jun 11   In the year 1896 friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72   

Jun 11   On this day in history uS Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized   

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   Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience) in the year 1896.   

Jun 19   In the year 1896 bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee   

Jun 22   Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) on this day in history.   

Jun 25   In the year 1896 emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58   

Jun 26   On this day in history 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission   

Jun 26   Louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81 in the year 1896.   

Jun 27   Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond on this day in history.   

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

Jun 30   On this day in history the birth of Howard Hawks, American film director   

Jun 30   W S Hadaway patents electric stove on this day in history.   

Jun 30   In the year 1896 wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)   

Jul 01   In the year 1896 harbor of Ymuiden opens   

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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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 02   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 02   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)   

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826)   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history 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   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 in the year 1896.   

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 in the year 1896.