Page 5: Historical Events In July - 26
Wednesday, 11 February 2026
1918 Eduard "Mick" Mannock, British WW I flyer (Victoria Cross), dies 

1919 James Lovelock, scientist 

1920 Women in the US obtain the right to vote as the 19th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified 

1920 Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams). 

1920 Carlos Troyer, composer, dies at 83. 

1922 Andrzej Koszewski, composer 

1923 James Hoyt Wilhelm, pitcher 

1923 Peter Carey, permanent secretary (DTI). 

1924 Elias Motsoaledi, South African Umkhonto we Sizwe-commandant 

1925 William Jennings Bryan, lawyer (Scopes-monkey trial), dies at 65 

1926 National Bar Association incorporates. 

1926 Barbara Jefford, actress (Saint, Reunion, Ulysses) 

1927 G S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India). 

1928 Stanley Kubrick, British director is born. 

1928 Gene Tunney TKOs Tom Heeney in 11 for heavyweight boxing title. 

1928 Hans Haselbock, composer. 

1933 Joe Dimaggio ends 61 game hitting streak in Pacific Coast League 

1936 The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War 

1937 End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War 

1938 1st radio broadcast of "Young Widder Brown" on NBC. 

1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs 

1940 Formation of Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS) 

1941 1st Dutch Austrians depart Hague 

1941 Benjamin Whorf, anthropologist, dies. 

1942 CAPT Joy Bright Hancock appointed Director, Women's Naval Reserve. 

1942 RAF bombs Hamburg. 

1942 Titus Brandsma, [Anno Sjoerd], Dutch Roman Catholic priest and philosopher (Dachau), dies. 

1943 120°F (49°C), Tishmoningo, Oklahoma (state record) 

1944 Japanese suicide attack on US lines in Guam 

1944 Reza Sjah Pahlawi, [Reza Chan], cossack officer/shah of Persia, dies. 

1945 Churchill steps down as Britain's PM. 

1945 After Labour landslide in general election, Clement Attlee is recorded as becoming PM. 

1946 President Truman orders desegregation of all US forces 

1946 Morris Hirshfield, Polish/US painter, dies. 

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