Today in History for October 1896

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 7 of 7

1st - Sherlock Holmes adventure "Veiled Lodger" takes place (BG)
5th - William Gillette's "Secret Service," premieres in NYC
8th - Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks
17th - Anton Tsjechovs "Chayka," premieres in St Petersburg
26th - Abyssinia & Italy sign peace treaty
27th - 1st Pali Road completed in Hawaii (winds so strong streams flow UP!)
30th - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Ted Healy, American actor and comedian (d. 1937)
2nd - Fjodor I Panfjorov, Russian author (Volga) [OS=Sep 20]
2nd - Fritz Eberhard, [Hellmut Rauschenplat], W-German lawyer/resistor (Law)
2nd - Liaqat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first Prime Minister (d. 1951)
3rd - Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (d. 1987)
6th - Otto Siegl, composer
7th - Cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests)
7th - Elijah Muhammad, US, leader of Nation of Islam
8th - Julien Duvivier, French film director (d. 1967)
11th - Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language)
12th - Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)
15th - Melville Cooper, Birmingham England, TV panelist (I Got a Secret)
16th - Edmond van Dooren, Flemish painter
19th - Bob O'Farrell, American baseball player (d. 1988)
20th - Nat Holman, basketball coach (CCNY)
22nd - Charles Glenn King, biochemist (discovered vitamin C)
23rd - André Lévêque, French engineer (d. 1930)
24th - Jack Warner, [Waters], London England, actor (Christmas Carol)
27th - Edith Haisman, Titanic survivor
28th - Howard Hanson, Wahoo Nebraska, composer/conductor (Nordic)
30th - Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer
30th - Ruth Gordon, Mass, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude)
30th - Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (d. 1928)
31st - Ethel Waters, Chester Pa, actress (Beulah)/singer (Stormy Weather)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

3rd - William Morris, artist and writer associated with Arts and Crafts movement, dies at 62 London
11th - Anton Bruckner, Austr composer (Te Deum, Wagner Symphony), dies at 72
11th - Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829)
12th - Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (b. 1817)
21st - James Henry Greathead, British engineer (b. 1844)
26th - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (b. 1827)
30th - Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies