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

1896 Media

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  January 5: Röntgen rays.

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  January 5: Röntgen X-ray.

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  A picture of the restored Panathenaic Stadium, the site of the 1896 Summer Olympics

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  George Burns in 1961. American comedian, actor, singer, and writer. He was one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century. Born: January 20, 1896, New York, New York.

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  Former Prime Minister of India visited the United States of America, June 12-​15,

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  Friedrich Hund, Göttingen in the 1920s

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  LTGIraEaker

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  Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov (1896 – 1986)

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  American general Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984)

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  Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, President of Chile

1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1896th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 896th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1896, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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