Page 7: Historical Events In 1896

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

Jun 02   On this day in history 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   Henry takes his first Ford through streets of Detroit in the year 1896.   

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   Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 07   G Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) in the year 1896.   

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) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio) on this day in history.   

Jun 11   On this day in history friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 72   

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

Jun 11   On this day in history 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) in the year 1896.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1896 franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond   

Jun 29   In the year 1896 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   Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) in the year 1896.   

Jul 01   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of ernst-Lothar von Knorr, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1896 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1896 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 in the year 1896.   

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