[permalink] [id link]
* 1896 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist ( d. 1983 )
from
Wikipedia
Some Related Sentences
1896 and –
Alfred Bernhard Nobel ( äl ' fred bern ' härd nōbel ') () ( 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896 ) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer.
* 1896 – In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1, 500 years after the original games are banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
* 1896 – Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
* 1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor and entrepreneur ( d. 1996 )
* 1896 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1972 )
* 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history ( 09: 00 to 09: 45 ) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
* 1896 – Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress ( d. 1984 )
* 1844 – James Henry Greathead, English engineer ( d. 1896 )
* 1896 – Erich Hückel, German physicist ( d. 1980 )
* 1896 – Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist ( d. 1980 )
In 1896 England under the captaincy of W G Grace won the series 2 – 1, and this marked the end of England's longest period of Ashes dominance.
* 1896 – Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer ( d. 1960 )
* 1988 – Jim Jordan, American actor ( b. 1896 )
* 1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author ( d. 1953 )
* 1896 – Pat Clayton, English surveyor and explorer ( d. 1962 )
* 1896 – Tristan Tzara, Romanian poet and essayist ( d. 1963 )
* 1896 – Gerty Cori, Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1957 )
* 1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist ( d. 1985 )
* 1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer ( d. 1958 )
* 1896 – Léon Theremin, Russian inventor, invented the Theremin ( d. 1993 )
* 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
* 1896 – Officially recognised date of the Cry of Pugad Lawin, the start of the Philippine Revolution is made in Pugad Lawin ( Quezon City ), in the province of Manila ( actual date and location is disputed ).
* 1896 – Philippine Revolution: After Spanish victory in the Battle of San Juan del Monte, eight provinces in the Philippines are declared under martial law by the Spanish Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas.
* 1850 – Marcelo H. del Pilar, Filipino writer, journalist, and revolutionary ( d. 1896 )
* 1896 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor ( d. 1983 )
1896 and Ira
Ira Gershwin ( December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983 ) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
* August 6 – Ira C. Eaker, World War II United States Army Air Forces general ( b. 1896 )
Carothers was born on April 27, 1896 in Burlington, Iowa, to Ira and Mary Evalina Carothers.
* Ira Gershwin ( 1896 – 1983 ), brother of George Gershwin, American lyricist, author of famous works like I Got Rhythm and They Can't Take That Away from Me
In 1896 Crosby moved from Manhattan to an apartment in a poor section of Brooklyn, living with friends at South Third Street, Brooklyn, near the home of Ira D. Sankey and his wife, Fannie, and near the mansion owned by Phoebe Knapp.
1896 and American
* 2011 – Walter Breuning, American super-centenarian ( b. 1896 )
* 1986 – Wallis Simpson, American socialite, wife of Edward VIII of the United Kingdom ( b. 1896 )
* William Chomsky ( 1896 – 1977 ), American scholar of Hebrew
* 1896 – Betty Smith, American author ( d. 1972 )
* 1967 – Jack Perrin, American actor ( b. 1896 )
* 1896 – Louis Bromfield, American writer ( d. 1956 )
* 1940 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer ( b. 1896 )
* 1896 – Jimmy Doolittle, American General ( d. 1993 )
* 1859 – George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., American engineer and inventor ( d. 1896 )
* 1896 – William A. Wellman, American film director ( d. 1975 )
* 1972 – Tom Davies, American footballer ( b. 1896 )
* 1896 – Richard Thorpe, American film director ( d. 1991 )
By 1896 the new movie projector required a fully transparent film base that Blair's American operation could not supply.
* 1896 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, Nobel laureate ( d. 1965 )
* 1839 – Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician ( d. 1896 )
* 2011 – Eunice Sanborn, American supercentenarian, world's oldest living person at time of her death ( b. 1896 )
* 1835 – Thomas W. Knox, American author ( d. 1896 )
* 1896 – Florence Mills, American singer, dancer and comedian ( d. 1927 )
* 1896 – Murray Leinster, American writer ( d. 1976 )
0.946 seconds.