Page 3: Historical Events In July - 30
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1863 Pres Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot 

1863 Henry Ford, American car manufacturer is born. 

1863 Henry Ford, Dearborn Township Mich, auto maker (Ford) 

1863 George Crockett Strong, US Union gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 

1864 Petersburg Campaign-Battle of the Crater. 

1864 Battle of Chambersburg, PA 

1865 Pope Pius IX visits Suriname 

1865 George Wright, US Union brig-general, dies at 61 

1866 Race riot in New Orleans 

1868 Alfred Weber, German economist/sociologist. 

1870 Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100. 

1872 Clementine, Princess of Belgium, wife of Prince Napoleon Bonaparte. 

1874 1st baseball teams to play outside US, Boston-Phila in British Isles 

1875 James William Tate, composer 

1878 German anti-semitism begins during the Reichstag election 

1880 Robert Rutherford McCormick, US, editor/publisher (Chicago Tribune) 

1882 Holmes Herbert, Mansfield England, actor (The Kiss). 

1886 Johan Algot Haquinius, composer 

1887 Felix A Vening Meinesz, Dutch geophysicist (gravity). 

1888 Raden Sutomo, Indonesian freedom fighter 

1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "The Naval Treaty" (BG). 

1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Naval Treaty" (BG) 

1889 Vladimir K Zworykin, USSR, electronics engineer/inventor, father of TV. 

1889 Charles Absolom, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies in an accident. 

1890 Casey Stengel, baseball manager (Yankees (1949-60)/NY Met's 1st) 

1892 Roy Park, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1920, out 1st ball). 

1897 Jacques de Kadt, Dutch politician/writer (Fascism is War!). 

1898 "Scientific America" carried the inaugural magazine automobile ad. The Winton Motor Car Company of Cleveland, OH invited readers to "Dispense with a Horse." 

1898 Henry Moore, English sculptor is born 

1898 Will Kellogg invents Corn Flakes 

1898 Henry Moore, England, sculptor (Vertebrae). 

1898 Otto von Bismarck, German "Iron" chancellor, dies at 83 

1899 Gerald Moore, England, pianist (Am I Too Loud) 

1902 Anti-Jewish rioters attack funeral procession of Rabbi Joseph (NYC) 

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