Page 5: Historical Events In December - 15
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1909 Francisco Tarrega y Eixea, composer, dies at 57 

1913 Nicaragua is recorded as becoming a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. 

1913 Muriel Rukeyser, US, poet (1977 Shelley Memorial Award) 

1914 After being closed for over four months, the NYSE got back into the swing of things on this day in 1914, albeit with a tight set of trading restrictions designed to prevent fiscal disaster. 

1914 Battle of Lodz ends; Russians retreat toward Moscow 

1914 Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII). 

1915 Jose Toribio Merino Castro, admiral 

1916 French defeat Germans in WW I Battle of Verdun. 

1916 Maurice Wilkins, England, physicist, worked with DNA (Nobel 1962) 

1917 Moldavian Republic declares independence from Russia 

1918 American Jewish Congress holds it's 1st meeting 

1918 Jeff Chandler, [Ira Grossel], Bkln, actor (Broken Arrow) 

1919 Edna St Vincent Millay's "Aria da Capo," premieres in NYC. 

1919 Ake Seyffarth, 10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1948). 

1921 Bobby Todd, US comic/actor (Original Sin). 

1922 IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague 

1922 Alan Freed, Penn, DJ, accepted payola/introduced term "rock-n-roll" 

1923 Freeman Dyson, English-born American physicist. 

1924 Ida Haendel, Polish violinist/author (Woman with Violin) 

1925 inaugural road with a depressed trough (Texas) opened to traffic. 

1925 1st hockey game at Madison Sq Garden, Mont Candiens 3, NY Americans 1. 

1925 Sam Pollock, Canadian ice hockey general manager. 

1926 Facist national symbol elevated in Italy 

1927 Ed Hickman kidnaps child he later beheads 

1928 Jimmy Nelson, Chic Ill, ventriloguist (Nestles, Farfel). 

1929 Walter Mittelholzer flies as 1st about the Kilimanjaro. 

1929 Keith Andrew, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63) 

1930 Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist is born. 

1930 Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw) 

1930 Alim-ud-Din, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62). 

1931 Evald Schorm, Prague Czech, director (Courage for Every Day) 

1932 Edna O'Brien, Ireland, writer (Fanatic of Heart, Casualties of Peace). 

1933 Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15. 

1933 Jesse Belvin, Texarkana Arkansas, rock vocalist (Mr Easy) 

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