What generation is 1896? Lost Generation

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About the Generation (1896)

The Lost Generation (1883-1900): Grew up in the shadow of World War I, known for their disillusionment with societal norms and contributions to modernist literature and art.

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Famous People (Celebrities) Born in 1896

  • George Burns (Jan 20, 1896)
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald (Sep 24, 1896)
  • Wallis Simpson (Jun 19, 1896)
  • Oswald Mosley (Nov 16, 1896)
  • Mamie Eisenhower (Nov 14, 1896)
  • Besse Cooper (Aug 26, 1896)
  • Joan Lindsay (Nov 16, 1896)
  • Phil Baker (Aug 26, 1896)
  • Samuel L Lewis (Oct 18, 1896)
  • Señor Wences (Apr 17, 1896)

What Happened in 1896

  1. Jan 1 - German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen announces his discovery of x-rays
  2. Jan 29 - Emile Grubbe is the first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer
  3. May 18 - Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field, Moscow, during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, results in the deaths of 1,389 people
  4. May 26 - Dow Jones index begins with an average of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)
  5. Jun 2 - Italian engineer and inventor Guglielmo Marconi applies for the first ever patent for a system of wireless telegraphy in the United Kingdom
  6. Jun 15 - Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku, Japan; 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured and 13,000 houses destroyed
  7. Aug 16 - Gold first discovered in Klondike, found at Bonanza Creek in the Yukon, Canada by George Carmack
  8. Nov 14 - Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation

Popular Movies 1896

  1. Awakening of Rip - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.
  2. Exit of Rip and the Dwarf - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.
  3. The Kiss - Director: Heise, William. Country: USA.
  4. Rip Leaving Sleepy Hollow - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.
  5. Rip Meeting the Dwarf - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.
  6. Rip Passing Over the Mountain - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.
  7. Rip's Toast - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.
  8. Rip's Toast to Hudson - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.
  9. Rip's Twenty Years' Sleep - Director: Dickson, William K.L.. Country: USA.

Who Was US President 1896

Grover Cleveland
1895 1897