Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5 in the year 1896.  

Jun 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jun 06   On this day in history 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   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   Robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966) in the year 1896.  

Jun 08   In the year 1896 1st car is stolen  

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   Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1896.  

Jun 11   In the year 1896 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   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   In the year 1896 jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)  

Jun 16   Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif in the year 1896.  

Jun 16   Temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif in the year 1896.  

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) 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   1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission in the year 1896.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 30   On this day in history wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)  

Jul 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1896.  

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   In the year 1896 birth of dziga Vertiv, [Denis A Kaufman], Russian director (Sjagai, Soviet!)  

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   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)  

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died on this day in history.  

Jan 08   William Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825) died in the year 1896.  

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

Jan 18   In the year 1896 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   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.