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* 1896 – Jimmy Doolittle, American General ( d. 1993 )
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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 Jimmy
* September 27 – Jimmy Doolittle, American aviation pioneer and World War II United States Army Air Forces general ( b. 1896 )
* June 15 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager ( b. 1896 )
General James Harold " Jimmy " Doolittle, USAF ( December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993 ) was an American aviation pioneer.
Jimmy Michael attended the so-called Chain Race at Catford track in 1896.
In 1896, retired pitcher Jimmy “ Pud ” Galvin said that as a player, “ I never heard such disgusting and vile language as Patsy Tebeau, O ’ Connor and several of the Baltimore players ’’ are now using.
* Jimmy Gordon ( Australian rules footballer ) ( 1896 – 1918 ), Australian rules footballer
* Jimmy Dykes ( 1896 – 1976 ), American baseball player
1896 and Doolittle
In 1896, Charles Doolittle was appointed Flower Professor of Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania, and the family moved to a house in Upper Darby.
They had four children between 1889 and 1896: Charles Doolittle Walcott, Sydney Stevens Walcott, Helena Breese Walcott, and Benjamin Stuart Walcott.
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 – Ira Gershwin, American lyricist ( d. 1983 )
* 1896 – Louis Bromfield, American writer ( d. 1956 )
* 1940 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer ( b. 1896 )
* 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 )
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.
* 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 )
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