Page 4: Historical Events In July - 14
Thursday, 05 February 2026
1908 Chaim Raphael, writer. 

1908 William Mason, composer, dies at 79 

1909 Germany chancellor Bernhard von Bulow steps down 

1909 Annabella, [Suzanne G Charpentier], Paris, actress (Dinner at Ritz) 

1910 William Hanna, American cartoonist is born. 

1910 Peter Stadlen, pianist/critic. 

1911 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Phillipines. 

1911 46" of rain begins to fall in Baguio, Philippines. 

1911 J de Graaf, Dutch ethicist/president (Church and Peace) 

1912 Woody Guthrie, American folk musician is born 

1912 Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8). 

1912 Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, folk singer (This Land Is Your Land) 

1913 Gerald Ford, Former (38th) American President is born. 

1913 Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP) 

1914 The inaugural patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard). 

1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Dr R Goddard) 

1914 Sidney George Gray, company secretary. 

1916 33.6 cm rainfall at Effingham SC (state record). 

1916 Natalia Ginzburg, Italian author (Family dictionary). 

1917 Arthur Leavins, violinist 

1918 Jay Forrester, a pioneer in computer memory, was born . Forrester studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he later became a professor and researcher. In 1945. 

1918 Ingmar Bergman, Swedish director is born. 

1918 Dutch govt reclaims South seas. 

1918 Arthur Laurents, NYC, playwright (West Side Story, Gypsy). 

1919 Lino Ventura, Parma Italy, actor (Happy New Year, Pain in the A--). 

1921 Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti convicted in Dedham Mass, of killing their shoe company's paymaster 

1921 Geoffrey Wilkinson, chemist 

1922 Peter Andrew Tranchell, composer 

1923 Dale Robertson, Harrah Ok, actor (Death Valley Days, Walter-Dynasty) 

1923 Louis Ganne, composer, dies at 61. 

1924 James W. Black, Scottish pharmacologist, Nobel laureate. 

1925 Luis Antonio Escobar, composer 

1926 Harry Dean Stanton, West Irvine KY, actor (Alien, Cool Hand Luke) 

1927 The inaugural commercial airplane flight in Hawaii 

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