Page 5: Historical Events In July - 02
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1909 Hermann Bengtson, German historian (Greeks Ancient Times) 

1910 Earl Hawley Robinson, composer 

1911 Diego Fabbri, Italian, playwright/leader (Vatican movie bureau) 

1911 Felix Mottl, composer, dies at 54 

1912 Tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies. 

1913 Edith Heerdegen, Dresden Germany, actress (Serpent's Egg, Monpti) 

1914 Frederick Fennell, Cleveland Ohio, conductor (Time and Winds) 

1914 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister to Germany, dies at 78. 

1915 8th duke of Wellington, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 

1915 Gen Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies 

1916 Lenin says Imperialism is caused by capitalism. 

1916 Barry Gray, [Bernard Yaroslaw], interviewer (started call-in radio). 

1917 Riots in East St Louis Mo. 

1917 Pierre Dubois, Dutch literary. 

1917 Herbert Beerbohm Tree, English actor/director (Hamlet), dies 

1918 Prime Minister William Morris Hughes, the "Little Digger", addresses Australian troops on the Western Front before the Battle of Hamel, France. 

1918 Imam Elissa, singer 

1918 Mohammed V Resjad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18), dies. 

1919 Johnny Bradford, Long Branch NJ, actor (Ransom Sherman Show) 

1920 Eliseo Diego, latin American poet. 

1921 41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75) 

1921 Edwin Evans, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia), dies. 

1922 Dan Rowan, Beggs Okla, comedian (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in) 

1923 Commissioning of Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC. 

1923 Wisława Szymborska, Polish writer, Nobel laureate. 

1924 Rick Besoyan, composer 

1925 Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee). 

1926 Distinguished Flying Cross authorized by Congress. 

1926 US Army Air Corps created; Distinguish Flying Cross authorized 

1926 Billy Usselton, saxophonist. 

1926 Emile Coué, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies. 

1927 The inaugural American to win Wimbeldon in 20 years (Helen Wills Moody). 

1927 40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 64). 

1927 Brock Peters, NYC, actor/singer (Carmen Jones, To Kill a Mockingbird). 

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