1896 Fact Sheet

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Radio 1896 Italy Europe Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Guglielmo Marconi
Electric Stove 1896 United States North America Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 William Hadaway

Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners

Record Name Year Winning Team Winning Coach Losing Team Losing Coach Sport City Note
1896 Stanley Cup Winner 1896 Montreal VictoriasWinnipeg Victorias Mike Grant (captain)Jack Armytage (manager) Winnipeg VictoriasMontreal Victorias Hockey Montreal

Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements

Record Name Element Year Discovered Discovered By Source
Europium Europium 1896 Eugene-Antole Demarcay Jefferson Lab

Database: Best Selling Books of All Time

Record Name Language Year Released Rank Author Sales Volume Source
In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do? English 1896 38 Charles M. Sheldon 30 million Wikipedia

Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners

Record Name Year Sport Winner Loser Score
1896 Wimbledon Mens Result 1896 Tennis Harold Mahony Wilfred Baddeley 62 68 57 86 63

Database: United States Average Annual Temperature

Record Name Year Country Temperature Rank Source
Average Annual Temperature for 1896 1896 United States 52.85 deg F 66 National Climatic Data Center

Database: List of Secret Societies at Universities

Record Name Year Established University Member Limit Active or Honorary Name Source
Raven's Claw Society (Dickinson College) 1896 Dickinson College Senior Class society Raven's Claw Society Wikipedia
Order of the Gorgon's Head (University of North Carolina) 1896 University of North Carolina Senior Class society Order of the Gorgon's Head Wikipedia

Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles

Record Name City State Country Season Total Rainfall (inches) Inches above or below average Source
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1896-1897 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1896-1897 18.83 +3.70 National Weather Service
Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1895-1896 Los Angeles CALIFORNIA United States 1895-1896 8.51 -6.62 National Weather Service

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