Page 6: Historical Events In January - 07
Monday, 16 February 2026
1921 John Lanigan, tenor 

1921 Benno Erdmann, German philosopher (Logik I), dies at 69. 

1922 Jean-Pierre [Louis] Rampal, Marseilles France, flautist. 

1922 Antonio Scontrino, composer, dies at 71. 

1923 Baltimore Sun warns of Ku Klux Klan 

1923 Charles Russell Woolen, composer 

1924 Roloff Beny, Alberta, painter/photographer (A Time of Gods) 

1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in New York City NY 

1925 Musical "Big Boy" with Al Jolson premieres in NYC. 

1925 Gerald Malcolm Durrell, Britain, zoologist/writer (Mockery Bird). 

1926 Comics George Burns and Gracie Allen are married in Cleveland, Ohio 

1927 Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London. 

1927 Harlem Globetrotters play inaugural game (Hinckley IL). 

1927 The inaugural telephone service between London and New York begins operating. 

1927 Coml transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between NY and London 

1928 Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India) 

1929 "Buck Rogers," inaugural sci-fi comic strip, premieres 

1929 The inaugural telephone connection between Netherlands and East Indies 

1929 "Buck Rogers," 1st sci-fi comic strip, premieres 

1929 Douglas Kiker, NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award). 

1929 Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Silver King), dies at 77 

1930 Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in New York City NY. 

1930 Edwin Justus Mayer's "Children of Darkness," premieres in NYC. 

1931 Guy Menzies flies the inaugural solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast 

1932 1st game played at Orchard Lake Curling Club, Mich 

1932 Henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (Bright Paradise), dies at 60 

1933 Australian aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler killed when his DH80A Puss Moth crashes in mountains in Italy en route from England to Australia. 

1933 inaugural edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands. 

1933 1st edition of People and Fatherland published in Netherlands. 

1934 "Flash Gordon" comic strip (by Alex Raymond) debuts. 

1934 Princess Juliana marries German prince Bernhard von Lippe-Biesterfeld. 

1935 Zoe Akins' "Old Maid," premieres in NYC. 

1936 Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2001 times (1h18m) 

1936 Howard Francis, cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies. 

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