Page 7: Historical Events In 1896

Jun 02   On this day in history 30th Belmont: Henry Griffin aboard Hastings wins in 2:24.5   

Jun 02   Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer (Abbsynia/Ethiopia), dies in the year 1896.   

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   On this day in history 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   George Samuelson leaves NY harbor to row across the Atlantic on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1896 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   Samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross) on this day in history.   

Jun 09   Aura Abranches, Lisbon Portugal, actress (Lisboa, O Primo Basilio) in the year 1896.   

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   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 in the year 1896.   

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   In the year 1896 temperture hits 127øF at Fort Mojave, Calif   

Jun 18   On this day in history blanche Sweet, Chicago, actress (Home Sweet Home, Avenging Conscience)   

Jun 19   Bessie Wallis Warfield Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, divorcee in the year 1896.   

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

Jun 25   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   W S Hadaway patents electric stove in the year 1896.   

Jun 30   In the year 1896 wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)   

Jul 01   Harbor of Ymuiden opens on this day in history.   

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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   Yitzhak Edel, composer was born in the year 1896.   

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   Everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill) was born on this day in history.   

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   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died in the year 1896.   

Jan 08   On this day in history death of william Rainey Marshall, Governor of Minnesota (b. 1825)   

Jan 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

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