Page 4: Historical Events In July - 12
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1900 Fjodor Godunov-Tcherdynchev, Russian poet (Life of Tchernyshevsky) 

1901 In this year, Cy Young claims his 300th game 

1901 Robert Allenby, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer. 

1902 Australian parliament agrees to female suffrage. 

1902 Gunther Anders, writer. 

1902 Pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74. 

1904 Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet is born 

1904 Pablo Neruda, Chile, poet (Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971) 

1905 John C F, son of English King George V 

1906 Alfred Dreyfus are discovered innocent in France 

1906 Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer, dies at 70 

1908 Alain Cuny, actor (Detective, Weite Land, Emmanuelle). 

1909 16th Amendment approved (power to tax incomes). 

1909 2nd viscount Camrose, British Conserv Lower house leader (1941-45) 

1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroid #701 Oriola 

1911 Johanna Moosdorf, writer 

1912 The inaugural foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC 

1912 1st foreign feature film exhibited in US-"Queen Elizabeth"-NYC 

1912 Broderick Vernon Chinnery-Haldane, photographer. 

1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for the Red Sox. 

1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox 

1915 Army orders harvest furloughs to Canadian Expeditionary Force soldiers still in training camps in Canada 

1915 Michael Fenton Haddon, mining engineer. 

1916 Aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52. 

1917 Andrew Wyeth, American painter is born 

1917 The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona 

1917 Andrew Wyeth, Chadds Ford Pa, painter (Christina's World). 

1917 Fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies. 

1918 Japanese battleship explodes in Bay of Tokayama, 500 killed. 

1919 Vera Hruba Ralston, Prague Czech, actress (Dajkota) [or 6/12/1921]. 

1920 Lithuania and USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuuania is recorded as becoming independent rep. 

1920 Panama Canal opened by American president Woodrow Wilson. 

1920 Lithuania and USSR sign peace treaty, Lithuania is recorded as becoming independent rep 

1920 Keith Andes, Ocean City NJ, actor (Farmer's Daughter, Away All Boats) 

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