Page 5: Historical Events In December - 20
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1922 Charita Bauer, Newark NJ, actress (Guiding Light, Aldrich Family). 

1923 Nadine Gordimer, Springs South Africa, novelist 

1924 Adolf Hitler freed from jail early. 

1924 Errol John, Port-of-Spain Trinidad, actor (PT-109, Assault on a Queen) 

1925 Bob de Moor, Flemish comic strip artist (Kuifje, Lion of Flanders). 

1926 Cards trade Rogers Hornsby to Giants for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring 

1926 David Levine, US painter 

1927 Jim Simpson, sportscaster. 

1928 inaugural international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Quebec 

1928 1st international dogsled mail leaves Minot, Maine for Montreal, Que 

1928 Charles Donald Adams, singer. 

1929 Mount Davidson dedicated as a San Francisco city park 

1929 In this year, Heinie Wagner formally adopts in place of Bill Carrigan as Red Sox manager 

1929 Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia 

1929 Emile Loubet, French premier (1892)/president (1899-1906), dies at 90 

1930 Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) 

1932 Queensland all out 74 v Victoria, Ironmonger (age 50) 7-13 

1932 John Hillerman, actor (Magnum PI). 

1933 Bolivia and Paraguay sign weapon cease fire 

1933 Gordon Getty. 

1935 In this year, Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical Ad Catholici Sacerdotii. 

1936 Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid. 

1937 Bill O'Reilly takes 9-41 for NSW against South Australia 

1937 Erich Ludendorff, German general (WW I), dies at 72. 

1938 V.K. Zworykin receives patent on the Iconoscope TV system. 

1938 Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system. 

1939 Radio Australia begins overseas short-wave service. 

1939 Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service 

1939 Hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide. 

1940 Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42000. 

1941 Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon 

1942 1st Japanese bombing of Calcutta 

1942 Jean Gilbert, [Max Winterfield], German composer, dies at 63. 

1943 "International" is no longer USSR National Anthem 

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