1896

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1860s  1870s  1880s  – 1890s –  1900s  1910s  1920s
Years:	1893 1894 1895 – 1896 – 1897 1898 1899

Events

• The first modern Olympic Games takes place in Athens.
• Alden J. Blethen buys The Seattle Times.
• On January 4, Utah became a state in the United States.

Births

• February 9 – Alberto Vargas – Pin-up artist
• May 30 - Howard Hawks, American director (d. 1977)
• August 27 – Miyazawa Kenji Japanese poet, writer of children's literature
• September 21- Walter Breuning, among the oldest people