Page 4: Historical Events In April - 04
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1884 Isoroku Yamamoto, admiral/supreme commander of Japanese fleet. 

1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia KS) 

1887 Susanna Medora Salter elected 1st US woman mayor (Argonia, KS) 

1888 Tris Speaker, baseball great, hit more doubles than Pete Rose 

1889 Thomas T H Jorissen, historian, dies at 56. 

1892 Cyril Smith, Peterhead Scotland, actor (Adv of Sir Lancelot) 

1893 Alphonse LPP de Candolle, Swiss botanist, dies at 86. 

1895 Arthur Murray, NYC, dancer (Arthur Murray Dance Party) 

1896 Announcement of Gold in the Yukon. 

1896 News of the Yukon's Klondike gold strike reaches the outside world 

1896 Tristan Tzara, French poet is born 

1896 Announcement of Gold in Yukon 

1896 Robert Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight). 

1897 Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion) 

1898 Appointment of inaugural Civil Engineering Corps officer, Mordecai Endicott, as Chief, Bureau of ards and Docks 

1899 South Africa all out 35 vs England (Trott 4-19, Haigh 6-11) 

1899 Duke Ellington, American band leader is born. 

1899 William Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23) 

1900 Assassination attempt on prince of Wales/king Edward VII 

1900 British garrison of Reddersberg surrenders to Boer General De Wet. 

1900 Edward VII, King, assassinated 

1901 Carmel Myers, SF Calif, actress (Carmel Myers Show) 

1902 British financier Cecil Rhodes leaves $10 million in his will to provide scholarships for Empire and American students at Oxford University. 

1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund established with $10 million 

1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million. 

1902 Louise L de Vilmorin, French poetess/author (Lutin Sauvage). 

1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, results in the deaths of 370000 

1905 In Kangra, India a 8.6 earthquake resulted in 19000 deaths. 

1905 Earthquake in Kangra India, results in the deaths of 20000 

1905 Eugene Bozza, composer. 

1905 Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 73. 

1906 Bea Benaderet, NYC, actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction). 

1907 Nathan M Pusey, Iowa, educator (Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963) 

1908 Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, author (Cheaper by the Dozen) 

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