May 26 – 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.[1]
May 27 –
1896 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 over $10,000,000 in damages at contemporaneous prices,[2] killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people.
June 4 – The
Ford Quadricycle, the first
Ford vehicle ever developed, is completed, eventually leading
Henry Ford to build the empire that "put America on wheels".
July 30 – Shortly after 6:30 pm, at a crossing just west of Atlantic City, New Jersey, two trains collide, crushing five loaded passenger coaches, killing 50 and seriously injuring approximately 60, in the
1896 Atlantic City rail crash.
September 15 – The
Crash at Crush train wreck stunt is held in Texas.
October–December
October 16 – The design of the
flag of Knoxville, Tennessee is officially approved by the Knoxville City Council.
May 26 – 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.[1]
May 27 –
1896 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 over $10,000,000 in damages at contemporaneous prices,[2] killing more than 255 and injuring over 1,000 people.
June 4 – The
Ford Quadricycle, the first
Ford vehicle ever developed, is completed, eventually leading
Henry Ford to build the empire that "put America on wheels".
July 30 – Shortly after 6:30 pm, at a crossing just west of Atlantic City, New Jersey, two trains collide, crushing five loaded passenger coaches, killing 50 and seriously injuring approximately 60, in the
1896 Atlantic City rail crash.
September 15 – The
Crash at Crush train wreck stunt is held in Texas.
October–December
October 16 – The design of the
flag of Knoxville, Tennessee is officially approved by the Knoxville City Council.