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   In the year 1896 gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies   

Jun 02   Guglielmo Marconi patents the radio on this day in history.   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 1st car is stolen   

Jun 08   Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross) in the year 1896.   

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   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   On this day in history tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed   

Jun 16   Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 18   In the year 1896 blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)   

Jun 19   Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee in the year 1896.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 27   On this day in history franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history w S Hadaway patents electric stove   

Jun 30   Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) in the year 1896.   

Jul 01   Harbor of Ymuiden opens in the year 1896.   

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Jan 01   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 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   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   On this day in history death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)   

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1896 matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72   

Jan 18   Charles Floquet, French statesman (b. 1828) died in the year 1896.   

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.