Lumiere Legacy

Who were the Lumiere Brothers?
Anthony and Louis Lumiere were famous for making the first projected image and giving audiences the first cinematic experience.
They lived during the late 19th century and lived in France.
Félix Faure was the president of France during this time as there was no royal family during their lives.
The films they created were based around realism.
Each film lasts 52 seconds as that is the most footage they could capture at that time.
the camera remains static and they are natural events so it fits in with the theme of realism.

1895

Second Jungle Book, More famously known for Kim, Rudyard Kipling had written the stories of Mowgli in 1894 and 1895. It was in this year that the Second Jungle Book came out. The two books were commonly sold together as The Jungle Books. Mowgli had first appeared in 1893's In The Rukh, and is a fictional Indian character. Kipling is also known for his poetry: 'You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din....'
First Race Of Gas Powered Cars, Six motor cars left Chicago's Jackson Park for a 54 mile race to Evanston, Illinois and back on Thanksgiving Day 1895 racing for a 1st prize of $2,000 provided by the Chicago Times-Herald Newspaper. Car Number 5 driven by inventor Frank Duryea, won the race in just over 10 hours at an average speed of 7.3 mph.
Oscar Wilde, Playwright Oscar Wilde was found guilty of gross indecency in London and sentenced two years of hard labor. Playwright Oscar Wilde was arrested on charges of "gross indecency" under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act earlier in April (in 1895) this term implied 'homosexual acts not amounting to buggery'.
First Slot Machines, Charles Fey a San Francisco Mechanic builds the First Slot Machines which he puts into local bars, the deal was simple Fey and the Bar Owner would split the profits 50-50.
The Radio or "Telegraphy without Wires", Italian Born Inventor Guglielmo Marconi uses radio waves to create a system of "wireless telegraphy" to transmit signals a distance of approximately 1.5 kilometers in Pontecchio, Italy. He found no interest or backers and moved to England. Over the next few years having found financial backing he improved his equipment and in 1901 he sent a signal across the Atlantic from Poldu in Cornwall to St John's Newfoundland in Canada.

1896

Utah Becomes the 45th U.S. State , Utah becomes the 45th United State on January 4th , 1896. To become a state it became necessary to renounce the Mormon church's promotion of polygamy as well as their political party the "People's Party".
Yukon Gold Rush, Gold is discovered in Bonanza (Rabbit) Creek, Yukon, Canada starting the Klondike Gold Rush/Yukon gold rush. Thousands rush to the Klondike River near Dawson City, Yukon, Canada hoping to strike it rich.
First Modern Olympic Games, The Olympic Games of the I Olympiad are held in Athens, Greece. The original Olympics date back to 776 BC and were held at Olympia on the border of Greece and Macedonia and only Greeks were allowed to compete.
Dow Jones Industrial Average First Published, The Dow Jones Industrial Average was first published. The average price of the 12 initial stocks was 40.94.
General Electric The only company still in existence and trading under original name.
American Cotton Oil Company, now part of Unilever.
American Sugar Company, now Amstar Holdings.
American Tobacco Company, Broken Up.
Chicago Gas Company, now part of Integrys Energy Group, Inc.
Distilling & Cattle Feeding Company, now part of Lyondell Chemical Company.
Laclede Gas Light Company, still in operation as The Laclede Group.
National Lead Company, now NL Industries.
North American Company, Broken Up.
Tennessee Coal, part of U.S. Steel.
U.S. Leather Company, Gone.
United States Rubber Company, part of Michelin.
Tsar Nicholas II Nicholas II is crowned Tsar of Russia