WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1896
Find out what all happened January to February 1896

The Tootsie Roll is invented. (23. February 1896)

Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8 mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2 mph (3.2 km/h). (28. January 1896)

An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H.L. Smith. (18. January 1896)

Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. (4. January 1896)

Defeat of Cymru Fydd at South Wales Liberal Federation AGM, Newport, Monmouthshire. (16. January 1896)

An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. (5. January 1896)

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