Page 7: Historical Events In 1896

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

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   Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit on this day in history.   

Jun 04   In the year 1896 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   On this day in history italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya (La marcia su Rome)   

Jun 07   G Harpo & F Samuelson leave NY to row the Atlantic (takes 54 days) 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   In the year 1896 robert Mulliken, US, chemist/physicist (Nobel 1966)   

Jun 08   In the year 1896 1st car is stolen   

Jun 08   In the year 1896 samuel Gonard, chairman (International Red Cross)   

Jun 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 16   In the year 1896 jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot)   

Jun 16   Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif on this day in history.   

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   Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) in the year 1896.   

Jun 25   Emile AH Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer/man of letters, dies at 58 in the year 1896.   

Jun 26   In the year 1896 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 in the year 1896.   

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

Jun 29   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 30   On this day in history wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)   

Jul 01   Harbor of Ymuiden opens in the year 1896.   

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Jan 01   Maurice Jacobson, composer was born in the year 1896.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor/director (Jujiro, Jigoku-mon)   

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

Jan 02   Sir Lawrence Wackett, Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982) was born in the year 1896.   

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   Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (b. 1821) died on this day in history.   

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   Heinrich M von Battenberg, German son-in-law of Victoria, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

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