Editing 1896 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Svante Arrhenius]] first publishes the "greenhouse law", becoming the first person to predict that emissions of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels and other combustion processes are large enough to cause [[global warming]] through the [[greenhouse effect]].<ref>"On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Ground". ''London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science''. Extract of paper presented to [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] December 11, 1895.</ref>
* [[April 4]] &ndash; The first known [[women's basketball]] game between two colleges is played between [[Stanford University|Stanford]] and [[University of California, Berkeley|California]].
[[File:Panathinaiko.jpg|thumb|190px|right| A picture of the restored [[Panathenaic Stadium]], the site of the [[1896 Summer Olympics]]]]
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The opening ceremonies of the [[1896 Summer Olympics]], the first modern [[Olympic Games]], are held in [[Athens]], Greece.
* [[April 9]] &ndash; The National Farm School (later [[Delaware Valley College]]) is chartered in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
* [[April 23]] &ndash; [[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]], a popular English theme park ("Britain's Biggest Tourist Attraction"), is founded by Alderman William George Bean.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Story of Blackpool Pleasure Beach|website=Blackpool.com|date=February 7, 2023 |url=https://blackpool.com/2023/02/07/the-story-of-blackpool-pleasure-beach/|accessdate=2024-07-10}}</ref>
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Cricket]]: Against [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]], [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] sets a still-standing [[County Championship]] record in England, when they accumulate an innings total of 887.
* [[May 13]] &ndash; The Franchise Bill is passed by the [[Colony of Natal]]'s Legislative Assembly, disfranchising natives of other countries.
* [[May 18]] &ndash; ''[[Plessy v. Ferguson]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] introduces the [[separate but equal]] doctrine, and upholds [[racial segregation]].
* [[May 26]]
** [[Coronation of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna]] in the [[Dormition Cathedral, Moscow]]; this will be the last [[coronation of the Russian monarch]].<ref name=Ferro>{{cite book|first=Marc|last=Ferro|author-link=Marc Ferro|publisher=Viking|location=Harmondsworth|year=1991|orig-year=1990|title=Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars}}</ref> The [[Qing dynasty]] is represented at the coronation by Chinese official [[Li Hongzhang]] who through September goes on to visit Germany, Britain, Canada and the United States.
** Eleven years after its foundation, a group of 12 purely industrial stocks are chosen to form the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]]. The index is composed entirely of industrial shares for the first time.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004232102/http://articles.philly.com/1995-02-24/news/25702996_1_blue-chip-stocks-industrial-shares-index Dow Record Book Adds Another First]. Philly.com. Retrieved 2013-07-08.</ref>
* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado|St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado]]: The costliest and third deadliest tornado in U.S. history levels a mile wide swath of downtown [[St. Louis, Missouri]], incurring US$2.9&nbsp;billion (1997 USD) in normalized damages, killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people.
* [[June 4]] &ndash; The [[Ford Quadricycle]], the first vehicle developed by [[Henry Ford]], is completed, eventually leading Ford to build the empire that "put America on wheels".
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[Mahdist War]]: [[Battle of Ferkeh]] &ndash; British and Egyptian troops are victorious.
* [[June 12]] &ndash; [[J. T. Hearne]] sets a record for the earliest date of taking 100 wickets in cricket, in England (it is equalled by [[Charlie Parker (cricketer)|Charlie Parker]] in [[1931]]).
* [[June 15]] &ndash; The 8.5 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1896 Sanriku earthquake|Sanriku earthquake]] and [[tsunami]] kills 22,000 in northeastern Japan.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=Brett L. |title=A Concise History of Japan |year=2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-00418-4 |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NGt2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA292 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 18]] &ndash; The [[New York Telephone]] Company is formed, succeeding the Metropolitan Telephone and Telegraph Company, to control telephone service within New York City.<ref>''Documents of the Senate of the State of New York: One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Session, 1913'', Volume 25, p255</ref> 
* [[June 23]] &ndash; Liberal leader [[Wilfrid Laurier]] defeats [[Charles Tupper]] during [[1896 Canadian federal election|Canadian federal elections]] for the [[8th Canadian Parliament]], to become the first Francophone [[Prime Minister of Canada]].
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Twin Shaft disaster]]: An explosion in the Newton [[coal mining|Coal]] Company's Twin Shaft Mine in [[Pittston, Pennsylvania]] results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 [[miners]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=10470|title=Twin Shaft Disaster Marker}}</ref>