Page 4: Historical Events In July - 02
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1876 Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor (1922-23) 

1877 Herman Hesse, German novelist is born. 

1877 Hermann Hesse, Switzerland, novelist/poet (Steppenwolf, Nobel 1946). 

1878 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer, dies at 61. 

1880 Albert Szirmai, composer 

1881 Pres Garfield shot by Charles J Guiteau a disappointed office-seeker 

1882 Edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria) 

1885 Canada's North-west Insurrection ends with surrender of Big Bear. 

1887 Marcel Tabuteau, Compiègne France, oboist (Phila Orch 1915-54). 

1888 Selman Waksman, Russ/US microbiologist (Nobel 1951). 

1889 Cor Hermus, Dutch actor/director/writer (A Mother). 

1890 Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits industrial monopolies 

1890 The Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed by Congress, it curtails the powers of U.S. business monopolies. 

1890 Congress passes Sherman Antitrust Act. 

1890 The Sherman Anti-Trust Act passed by Congress, it curtails the powers of U.S. business monopolies:. 

1892 Jack Hylton, English orchestra leader/impresario (Crazy Passage Show). 

1893 August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Shylock-Hamlet). 

1894 Government obtains injunction against striking Pullman Workers 

1894 Walter Brennan, Swampscott Mass, actor (Real McCoys, At Gun Point). 

1895 William Rockstro, composer, dies at 72 

1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin inaugural airship LZ-1, flies. 

1900 Retired German general Ferdinand von Zeppelin, 62, launches the inaugural rigid airship. 

1900 Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1st airship LZ-1, flies. 

1901 Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid rob train of $40000 at Wagner Montana 

1901 Arthur Rex Alston, sports commentator. 

1902 John J McGraw is recorded as becoming manager of NY Giants (stays for 30 years). 

1903 AL/NL batting champ Ed Delahanty, disappears, are discovered dead days later. 

1903 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, (C) British PM (1963-64) 

1904 Carl Weinrich, composer 

1905 Jean-Rene Lacoste, France, US Open (1926)/alligator shirt designer. 

1906 Yanks win by forfeit, for their 1st time. 

1906 Alan Webb, actor (King Lear, Taming of Shrew, Challenge of Lassie). 

1907 Eppo Doeve, Dutch cartoonist/painter. 

1908 Jean Sinclair, teacher/campaigner. 

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