Page 4: Historical Events In July - 18
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1909 Andrei Gromyko, USSR, diplomat/USSR President (1985-89) [7/5 OS] 

1911 Alexander Hyatt-King, scholar (Mozart) 

1912 Chic Cubs get 21 hits but lose to Phila Phillies in 11 innings. 

1912 Harry Levin, literary Scholar 

1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk. 

1913 Jan Slot, Dutch mayor (Eethen/Hardenberg/Ede). 

1914 US army air service inaugural comes into being, in the Signal Corps 

1914 US army air service 1st comes into being, in Signal Corps 

1914 Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Des Moines, singer/actress (Ozzie and Harriet) 

1915 2nd Battle of Isonzo begins and ends with loss of 280000 men 

1915 Anthony Cox, English architect 

1915 George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53. 

1916 Isaac [Ietje] A Diepenhorst, Dutch lawyer/minister of Education. 

1916 Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author 

1918 Nelson Mandella, South African President is born. 

1918 US and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I 

1918 Jane Frazee, Duluth Minn, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah). 

1920 Naval aircraft sink ex-German cruiser Frankfurt in target practice 

1920 Dolph Sweet, actor (Gil McGowan-Another World) 

1921 John Glenn, American astronaut is born. 

1921 Black Sox trial begins in Chicago 

1921 John H Glenn Jr, Cambridge OH, astronaut (Mer 7, sk:STS 95)/(Sen-D-Oh). 

1923 England's House of Lords accepts new divorce law 

1923 Hector Tosar, composer. 

1924 KPD points out Rote Frontkampferbund against Nazi. 

1924 Howard Roberts, Burlington NJ, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show). 

1925 inaugural edition of Mein Kampf is published. 

1925 In this year, Hitler publishes Mein Kampf. 

1927 Ty Cobb's 4000th career hit 

1930 SHO soccer team forms in Old Beijerland 

1931 The inaugural air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched. 

1931 1st air-conditioned ship (Mariposa) launched 

1932 US and Canada signed a treaty to develop St Lawrence Seaway. 

1932 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands sign Unity treaty. 

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