Page 9: Historical Events In 1896

Aug 17   Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident on this day in history.   

Aug 17   George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon in the year 1896.   

Aug 17   Gold discovered in the Yukon Territory, Canada on this day in history.   

Aug 17   On this day in history gold is discovered on Klondike River   

Aug 17   On this day in history henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)   

Aug 18   Adolph Ochs (39) buys NY Times on this day in history.   

Aug 18   In the year 1896 alan Mowbray, London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack)   

Aug 18   Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Aug 19   On this day in history eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer   

Aug 20   In the year 1896 dial telephone patented   

Aug 21   On this day in history blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family)   

Aug 23   First Cry of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila in the year 1896.   

Aug 24   In the year 1896 phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)   

Aug 25   Dick Ryan, CT, actor (For Heaven's Sake, Born to be Bad) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Richard Hammond, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history england defeated Zanzibar in a 38-minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM)   

Aug 27   In the year 1896 zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9 02 AM-9 40 AM)   

Aug 27   Zanzibar loses to England in a 38 minute war (9:02 AM-9:40 AM) on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1896 chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador   

Aug 29   The Chinese-American dish Chop Suey is invented by the personal chef to China's US Ambassador, while on a trip to New York City on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Eight provinces in the Philippines were declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor General Ramon Blanco. This included the provinces of Batangas, Rizal, Cavite, Nueva Ecija as well as the nearby areas on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare) in the year 1896.   

Aug 31   Louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

Sep 01   In the year 1896 johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62   

Sep 02   On this day in history nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies   

Sep 04   Agnes Ayres, [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea) on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 07   In the year 1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI   

Sep 07   A. H. Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held on this day in history.   

Sep 07   The first auto race held at a race track takes place today in Cranston, RI in the year 1896.   

Sep 09   Fritz Reuter, composer in the year 1896.   

Sep 10   Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer on this day in history.   

Sep 11   In the year 1896 anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of everett McKinley Dirkson, (Sen-R-Ill)   

Jan 04   In the year 1896 birth of everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969)   

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   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 in the year 1896.   

Jan 18   On this day in history 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   In the year 1896 frans C Baeckelmans, Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68   

Jan 28   In the year 1896 joseph Barnby, composer, dies at 57