Editing 1896

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== Events ==
* May 18 - ''Plessy v. Ferguson'': the United States Supreme Court rules that racial segregation is constitutional and introduces the separate but equal doctrine.
* August 27 - The [[Anglo-Zanzibar War]], the shortest war in human history lasting just 45 minutes, occurs. 
* October 23 - The First Italo-Ethiopian War ends following the signing of the Treaty of Addis Ababa.
* November 3 - [[William McKinley]] wins the 1896 United States presidential election.
== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* November 13 - [[Nobusuke Kishi]]
* November 23 - [[Klement Gottwald]]

=== Victim births ===
* November 10 - Madge Oberholtzer 
== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
=== Victim deaths ===
* December 30 - José Rizal