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   On this day in history guglielmo Marconi patents the radio   

Jun 04   On this day in history henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit   

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

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

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   In the year 1896 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 in the year 1896.   

Jun 08   Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   On this day in history aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio)   

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

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized in the year 1896.   

Jun 11   US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized in the year 1896.   

Jun 12   J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season on this day in history.   

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

Jun 16   On this day in history temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif   

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

Jun 18   Blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58   

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

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

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   In the year 1896 harbor of Ymuiden opens   

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Jan 01   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   In the year 1896 birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)   

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   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   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37   

Jan 25   On this day in history frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

Jan 28   Joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.