Page 4: Historical Events In July - 06
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1864 Samuel Allen Rice, US Union brig-gen, dies of injuries at 36 

1868 Petrus A Euwens, Dutch vicar/editor (Amigoe di Curacao) 

1868 Samuel Lover, composer, dies at 71 

1869 Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr J H Harris, defeated. 

1871 Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34 

1873 Paul Keller, German writer (Ferien vom Ich). 

1877 David Stanley Smith, composer 

1879 Henry Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 65. 

1881 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Quadriga, Pumpernickel). 

1882 14 Russian Jews of Bilu, arrive in Jaffa Palestine 

1882 Ralph Morgan, [Wupperman], NYC, actor (Creeper, Imposter, Jack London). 

1884 Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, French painter/cartoonist. 

1885 inaugural anti rabies vaccine used, developed by Louis Pasteur. 

1885 The inaugural inoculation (for rabies) of a human being, by Louis Pasteur 

1885 Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine 

1886 Horlick's of Wisconsin offers inaugural malted milk to public 

1886 Horlick's of Wisconsin offers 1st malted milk to public 

1887 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60). 

1888 Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid). 

1890 Andrew Sandham, cricketer (Test cricket's 1st triple centurion). 

1892 Striking steelworkers in Homestead, Pa fire on scabs, killing 7. 

1892 Three day fire destroys most of St. John's Newfoundland. 

1892 Dr Jose Rizal forms League Filipina. 

1892 Baron Willy Coppens de Houthulst, Belgian WW I pilot. 

1893 British King George V marries princess Victoria of Teck (Queen Mary) 

1893 Wilton St Hill, WI cricketer (3 Tests 1928-30) 

1894 Cleveland sends 2000 troops to Chicago to suppress Pullman strike 

1896 Thomas W McKnew, president (National Geographic Society). 

1896 Alexander Sergeyevich Famintsin, composer, dies at 54 

1897 Richard Krautheimer, art Historian 

1898 Armed Auxiliary Dixie captures Spanish Three Bells, Pilgrim, and Greeman Castle. 

1898 Hanns Eisler, German/US composer/German DR-minister for propaganda 

1900 Emil Barth, writer. 

1902 Leopoldo Miguez, composer, dies at 51. 

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