Page 7: Historical Events In July - 04
Monday, 23 February 2026
1917 Johan H C Kern, Dutch linguist (Sanskreet), dies at 84. 

1918 Altar dedicated at full-scale replica of Stonehenge at Maryhill, Wa. 

1918 Battle of Hamel, France 

1918 Abigail Van Buren, [Mrs Morton Phillips], Sioux City Iowa, columnist. 

1919 Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard in Cuba for heavyweight championship. 

1919 M Wolf discovers asteroid #914 Palisana. 

1919 ADGB (Allgemeine Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund) party forms 

1920 Leona Helmsley, (wife of Harry), real estate billionaire/tax cheat. 

1923 Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbon in 15 for heavyweight boxing title. 

1923 Florimond Fonteyne, Flemish priest/politician (Volkseeuw), dies at 67 

1925 44 die when the Dreyfus Hotel in Boston collapses. 

1927 Neil Simon, American author is born. 

1929 Otto Taubmann, composer, dies at 70. 

1931 Emanuele F duke of Aosta, Italian WW I-general/fascist, dies at 62 

1933 Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge. 

1934 Chaim Nachman Bialik zionist poet, dies 

1934 "Madame" Marie Curie-Sklodovska, Polish/French chemist, dies. 

1938 Suzanne Lenglen 6 time Wimbeldon champ, dies at 39 of anemia 

1938 Otto Bauer, Austrian social democrat, dies at 56. 

1939 Fort Ross, NWT the overnight temperature at Fort Ross drops to -12.2 C; one of the lowest July temperatures ever recorded in Canada 

1939 Yankees retire inaugural uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), inaugural Old Timers Day. 

1941 Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for the inaugural time, 11 days later they successfully recreate pencillin. 

1942 Prince Michael of Kent is born 

1942 The inaugural American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) 

1943 Wladyslaw Sikorski, gen/PM of Poland in exile (1939-43), dies at 62. 

1945 Canadian troops enter Berlin as part of British garrison force; to share occupation duties. 

1946 Philippines gains independence from US 

1946 The Philippine Islands granted independence by the United States 

1946 Othenio Able, Austria paleontology, dies at 71 

1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own consitution). 

1952 Walter Long, dies at 73 

1954 West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern 

1956 Independence National Historical Park established in Philadelphia. 

1956 US most intense rain fall (1.23" in 1 minute) at Unionville Maryland. 

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