Page 5: Historical Events In February - 09
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1913 -18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3000 die. 

1913 Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports funds) 

1914 Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner. 

1916 Britain's military service act enforced (conscription) 

1916 Hynek Ignac Frantisek Vojacek, composer, dies at 90 

1917 Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies. 

1918 Army chaplain school organized at Fort Monroe VA 

1918 Army chaplain school organizes at Ft Monroe Va. 

1918 Emiel van der Straeten, [Delrue], Flemish playwright, dies at 30. 

1920 International treaty recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Svalbard 

1921 B M Ducat-Amos, Air Commandant/director (RAF Nursing Service). 

1922 Italian government of Bonomi falls. 

1922 Snow on Mauna Loa, Hawaii 

1922 Italian govt of Bonomi falls. 

1922 James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner. 

1923 Soviet Aeroflot airlines established 

1923 Soviet Aeroflot airlines forms 

1923 Brendan Behan, Dublin Ireland, author/poet (Hostage). 

1924 Nakhichevan ASSR constituted within Azerbaijan SSR. 

1924 George Guest, British organist 

1924 Nils Kj'r, Norwegian playwright (Det Lykkelige Valg), dies at 53 

1925 German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France. 

1925 Haifa Technion (Israel), opens. 

1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta GA schools 

1926 Teaching theory of evolution forbidden in Atlanta, Georgia schools. 

1929 USSR, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Romania sign Litvinov Pact 

1932 America enter Olympics 2-man bobsled competition for inaugural time. 

1932 US airship Columbia crashes during storm (Flushing NY). 

1932 America enter Olympic 2-man bobsled competition for 1st time. 

1932 Junnosuke Inouye, Japanese minister of Finance, murdered 

1933 -63ºF (-53ºC), Moran WY (state record) 

1933 -63°F (-53°C), Moran, Wyoming (state record). 

1934 -14.3ºF (-25.8ºC), coldest day in New York City NY. 

1934 -51ºF (-46ºC), Vanderbilt MI (state record) 

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