Page 7: 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   In the year 1896 guglielmo Marconi patents the radio   

Jun 04   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 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) 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   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) in the year 1896.   

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   In the year 1896 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 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 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   Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot) in the year 1896.   

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

Jun 16   In the year 1896 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   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 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   On this day in history louis CPR of Orleans, French duke (chosen king of Belgian), dies at 81   

Jun 27   Franciscus J Feron, vicaris-general of Roermond in the year 1896.   

Jun 29   In the year 1896 irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart)   

Jun 30   On this day in history the birth of Howard Hawks, American film director   

Jun 30   In the year 1896 w S Hadaway patents electric stove   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1896 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   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   In the year 1896 birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)   

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

Jan 01   In the year 1896 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   In the year 1896 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   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 in the year 1896.   

Jan 25   Frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68 in the year 1896.   

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