Page 5: Historical Events In January - 18
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1912 English explorer Robert F Scott and his expedition reach South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there before 

1912 Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist (Humanism et saintete) 

1913 Greek and Turkish naval forces battle off Tendos Isle. 

1913 Turkish-Greek sea battle near Troy. 

1913 Danny Kaye, Bkln NY, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show) 

1913 Edmond R H Regout, Dutch industrialist/politician, dies at 49. 

1914 Arno Schmidt, writer 

1915 The Germans perform the inaugural aerial bombing of Britain, from a pair of Zeppelin dirigibles during WWI 

1915 Train crashes at Colima-Guadalajara Mexico, about 600 die 

1915 In this year, With the European powers preoccupied with World War I, Japan secretly presents China with Twenty-one formally claims for privileges 

1916 A 611 gram chondrite type meteorite stikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri 

1916 Alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 and 1-82). 

1917 Oscar Lewenstein, impressario. 

1918 Adriano Mandarino Hypolito, priest 

1919 WWI Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France. 

1919 WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France 

1919 Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer. 

1919 John C F, son of English king George V, dies at 13. 

1921 William Archer's "Green Goddess," premieres in NYC 

1921 Bruce Woodcock, boxer 

1921 Adolf von Hildebrand, German sculptor, dies at 73 

1922 Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy the Rotunda in Dublin. 

1922 Irish author Liam O'Flaherty and others occupy Rotunda in Dublin 

1922 Constance Moore, Sioux City Iowa, actress (Window on Main Street). 

1923 1st radio telegraph message from Netherlands to Dutch East Indies. 

1923 Wallace Reid, actor (Birth of a Nation), dies at 31 

1924 Donald Baverstock, TV producer. 

1925 Anthony Joly de Lotbiniere, TV producer 

1927 Empress Charlotte, wife of Mexico's ill-fated Emperor Maximilian, dies 

1929 "New York Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio. 

1929 Stalin proposes to ban Trotsky from the Politburo. 

1929 "NY Daily Mirror" columnist Walter Winchell debuts on radio. 

1930 -27ºF (-33ºC), Watts OK (state record). 

1930 -27°F (-33°C), Watts, Oklahoma (state record). 

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