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Sunday, 15 February 2026
1920 H Shapley and H.D. Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae 
1920 H Shapley and H D Curtis hold "great debate" on nature of nebulae.
1921 U.S. Naval Detachment left Yugoslavia after administering area around Spalato for 2 years to guarantee transfer of area from Austria to new country.
1922 Hans Sommer, composer, dies at 84.
1923 English prince Albert (George VI) marries lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.
1924 Josef Labor, composer, dies at 82
1925 Pulitzer prize awarded to Edna Ferber for "So big"
1926 Karachai Autonomous Region established in RSFSR (until 1943)
1926 Germany and Russia sign neutrality/peace treaty.
1928 Madame Tussaud's waxwork exhibition opens in London.
1929 The inaugural non-stop England to India flight lands.
1929 1st non-stop England to India flight lands
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, the mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season.
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season.
1932 Jean Anouilh's "L'Ermine," premieres in Paris.
1932 Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies.
1933 Carol Burnett, American actress is born.
1933 Jewish students are barred from school in Germany.
1935 Frank Boucher is given the NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
1935 Frank Boucher is given NHL's Lady Byng Trophy for sportsmanship permanently for winning it 7 of 11 years
1936 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony.
1936 Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886).
1937 German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain.
1937 German-made planes destroy Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The massacre is later painted by Picasso
1937 German Luftwaffe destroys Basque town of Guernica in Spain.
1938 Mandatory registration of all property held by Jews inside the Reich, valued Jewish property is to be seized within Greater Germany at a value of approximately eight billion Reichmarks
1938 Austrian Jews required to register property above 5000 Reichsmarks
1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79.
1940 Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65.
1941 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2091 Sampo
1941 A tradition begins, 1st organ at a baseball stadium (Chicago Cubs)
1941 Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74.
1942 Colliery explosion results in the deaths of 1549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
1942 Coal mine explosion results in the deaths of 1549 at Honkeiko Manchuria
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