Page 4: Historical Events In July - 07
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1903 Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer, dies at 64 

1904 A Charlois discovers asteroid #537 Pauly 

1905 127°F (53°C), Parker Ariz (state record). 

1905 Marcel Rubin, composer. 

1906 Harry Von Zell, sidekick (George Burns Show). 

1907 Helene Johnson, poet 

1907 James McGranahan, composer, dies at 67 

1908 Great White Fleet leaves SF Bay 

1908 Evert W Beth, Dutch mathematician/philosopher 

1911 Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record 25 minutes for Wimbeldon championship 

1911 28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60). 

1911 Eddie Mayehoff, Balt Md, actor (Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife). 

1912 Tiny Alma, [Catharina E J Stam], operetta singer (Vienna Blood) 

1913 British House of Commons accepts Home-Rule Law 

1913 Edward Burd Grubb, American Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General (b.1841). 

1914 Balt Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty 

1914 Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer (Old-Dutch Suite) 

1915 Yul Brynner, American actor is born 

1915 A Great Gorge and International Railway trolley with an extreme overload of 157 passengers crashes near Queenston, Ontario, killing 15. 

1915 Margaret Walker Alexander, poet/novelist (For My People). 

1916 Luc Peire, Flemish painter/graphic artist. 

1917 Elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree). 

1919 Phillies tie major league record of 8 steals in 9 inn game 

1919 Jon Pertwee, English comic/actor (Dr Who, Worzel Gummidge) 

1919 Paul Deusen, German philosopher/CEO (Schopenhauer-Gesellschaft), dies. 

1921 Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51) 

1922 Pierre Cardin, French fashion designer is born 

1922 Artie Malvin, US music director (Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence) 

1922 Cathal Brugha, Chief of Staff of Irish Republican Army (b.1874) 

1923 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61) 

1923 Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire. 

1924 E Hertzsprung discovers asteroid #1702 Kalahari. 

1924 Robert LeGendre of US, sets then long jump record at 25' 5½" 

1924 Dieter Nowka, composer 

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