Historical Events In 1896

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jun 06   George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic in the year 1896.  

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

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   On this day in history robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)  

Jun 08   On this day in history 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   Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1896.  

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

Jun 11   In the year 1896 uS Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota authorized  

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

Jun 15   Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1896.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1896 franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond  

Jun 29   Irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart) in the year 1896.  

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

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

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   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born in the year 1896.  

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

Jan 02   Ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born in the year 1896.  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   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   On this day in history heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37  

Jan 25   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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