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   In the year 1896 guglielmo Marconi patents the radio   

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

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

Jun 06   21st Preakness: Henry Griffin aboard Margrave wins in 1:51 on this day in history.   

Jun 06   In the year 1896 george Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic   

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

Jun 07   G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) on this day in history.   

Jun 07   G Harpo &F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) on this day in history.   

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

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   Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed in the year 1896.   

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   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   In the year 1896 bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee   

Jun 22   On this day in history francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)   

Jun 25   Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   On this day in history 1st movie theater in US opens, charging 10 cents for admission   

Jun 26   In the year 1896 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   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   In the year 1896 w S Hadaway patents electric stove   

Jun 30   In the year 1896 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 in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon) was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of yitzhak Edel, composer   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)   

Jan 04   Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   Alfred Ely Beach, American inventor (b. 1826) died in the year 1896.   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 death of joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821)   

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

Jan 15   Matthew B Brady, US photographer (Civil War), dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 28   On this day in history joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57