What Happened In December 1896 - Historical Events 1896 December

Historical Events for December, 1896

14th » The Glasgow Subway known as Glasgow Underground Railway is opened by the Glasgow District Subway Company.
30th » Filipino patriot and reform advocate José Rizal is Capital punishment or executed by a Spanish Execution by firing squad named firing squad in Manila, Philippines.
30th » Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

1st » Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence (Soviet Union) named Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
5th » Ann Nolan Clark, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1995)
5th » Carl Ferdinand Cori, Czech-American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
6th » Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (d. 1983)
10th » Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)
14th » Jimmy Doolittle, American pilot and general, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
15th » Betty Smith, American author and playwright (d. 1972)
21st » Leroy Robertson, American composer and educator (d. 1971)
23rd » Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Italian lieutenant and author (d. 1957)
24th » Jens Oliver Lisberg, Faroese designer of the Flag of the Faroe Islands (d. 1920)
27th » Louis Bromfield, American author and theorist (d. 1956)
27th » Maurice De Waele, Belgian cyclist (d. 1952)
27th » Carl Zuckmayer, German author and playwright (d. 1977)
29th » David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)

10th » Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
27th » John Brown (industrialist) or John Brown, English businessman and politician (b. 1816)
29th » Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (b. 1824)
30th » José Rizal, Filipino ophthalmologist, journalist, and author (b. 1861)