Page 4: Historical Events In December - 14
Sunday, 01 February 2026
1907 The schooner Thomas W. Lawson runs aground and founders near the Hellweather's Reef within the Scilly Isles in a gale. The pilot and 15 seamen die 

1907 Guy Middleton, Hove England, actor (Gentlemen Marrie Brunettes). 

1908 Laurence Naismith, Surrey England, actor (Judge Fulton-Persuaders) 

1909 Edward L Tatum, US, molecular geneticist (Nobel 1958). 

1909 Leopold II, king of Belgium, dies. 

1911 Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his expedition of four companions, are the inaugural to reach the South Pole and return safely. 

1911 Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, is recorded as becoming the inaugural man to reach the South Pole. 

1911 South Pole 1st reached, by Norwegian Roald Amundsen. 

1911 Ota Adler, Czech/British fur trader/founder (Federal Trust). 

1912 Canadian Pacific leases Quebec Central Railway Company, Quebec. 

1912 Morey Amsterdam, Chicago Ill, comedian (Buddy-Dick Van Dyke Show). 

1913 Greece formally takes possession of Crete 

1914 Lisandro de la Torre and others are discovered the Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires 

1914 Dan Dailey, NYC, dancer/actor (Gov Drinkwater-Governor and JJ) 

1914 Giovanni Sgambati, composer, dies at 73 

1915 Jack Johnson is 1st black world heavyweight boxing champion. 

1915 Clay Warnick, Tacoma Wash, choral director (Jimmie Rodgers Show) 

1917 UFA, Universal Film AG, forms in Germany 

1917 Elyse Knox, Hartford Ct, actress (Hit the Ice, Black Gold) 

1918 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico," premieres in NYC. 

1918 Sidonio Pais, prince of Portugal, murdered 

1919 Shirley Jackson, US, writer (Road Through the Wall) 

1920 Heavyweight Jack Dempsey KOs Bill Brennan in NYC 

1920 Albertus Meintser, office clerk/resistance fighter. 

1922 Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals) 

1923 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings). 

1923 Gerard K "Simon" van het Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings, Dear Guys) 

1923 Giuseppi Gallignani, composer, dies at 72. 

1924 Chiang Kai-shek occupies Hankou. 

1924 Marion Morgan, singer (Stop the Music). 

1926 Danish Madsen govt, forms. 

1926 Frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts) 

1926 Theo van Rysselberghe, Belgian painter (pointillism), dies at 64 

1927 Iraq gains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 

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