Page 9: Historical Events In 1896

Aug 17   Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas)   

Aug 18   Adolph Ochs (39) buys NY Times.   

Aug 18   Alan Mowbray, London England, actor (Dante, Colonel Flack)   

Aug 18   Frederick Nichols Crouch, composer, dies at 88   

Aug 19   Eino Mauno Aleksanteri Linnala, composer.   

Aug 20   Dial telephone patented   

Aug 21   Blossom Rock, actress, (Grandmamma-Addams Family).   

Aug 23   inaugural Cry of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin (Quezon City), in the province of Manila   

Aug 24   Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose).   

Aug 25   Dick Ryan, CT, actor (For Heaven's Sake, Born to be Bad)   

Aug 26   Armenian revolutionairy assault on Ottoman Bank Constantinople.   

Aug 26   Richard Hammond, composer.   

Aug 27   England defeated Zanzibar 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)   

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

Aug 29   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   

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   

Aug 30   Raymond Massey, Toronto Canada, actor (Dr Gillespie-Dr Kildare)   

Aug 31   Louis Napoleon Parker's "Rosemary," premieres in NYC   

Sep 01   Johannes Habert, composer, dies at 62.   

Sep 02   Nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies   

Sep 04   Agnes Ayres, [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea).   

Sep 06   Frutuoso de Lima Viana, composer.   

Sep 07   1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI.   

Sep 07   A. H. Whiting won 1st closed-circuit auto race held.   

Sep 07   The inaugural auto race held at a race track takes place today in Cranston, RI.   

Sep 09   Fritz Reuter, composer   

Sep 10   Elsa Schiaparelli, French fashion designer   

Sep 11   Anton Joseph Bruckner, composer, dies at 72   

Sep 12   Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe).   

Sep 13   Morris Kirksey, US, 4 X 100m (Olympic-gold-1920)   

Sep 15   Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer.   

Sep 16   Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist   

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Jan 01   Maurice jacobson: Composer   

Jan 01   Teinosuke kinugasa: Japans actor/director (jujiro, jigoku-mon)   

Jan 02   Dziga vertiv: [denis a kaufman], russian director (sjagai, soviet!)   

Jan 02   Ernst-lothar von knorr: Composer   

Jan 02   Sir lawrence wackett: Australian aircraft engineer   

Jan 04   Everett mckinley dirkson: (sen-r-ill)   

Jan 04   Everett dirksen: American politician    

Jan 04   Everett dirksen: American politician (sen-r-ill)   

Jan 01   Alfred ely beach: American inventor (b. 1826)   

Jan 04   Joseph hubert reinkens: German old catholic bishop (b. 1821)   

Jan 08   William rainey marshall: Governor of minnesota (b. 1825)   

Jan 15   Matthew b brady: Us photographer (civil war),   

Jan 18   Charles floquet: French statesman (b. 1828)   

Jan 20   Heinrich m von battenberg: German son-in-law of victoria,    

Jan 25   Frans c baeckelmans: Flemish architect (court of justice),   

Jan 28   Joseph barnby: Composer,