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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1896 Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit. 
1899 Leo Spies, composer
1900 M Wolf and A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #456 Abnoba
1902 Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928).
1903 A new element, Polonium, discovered by Curie husband and wife team.
1905 Carl Albert Loeschhorn, composer, dies at 85
1906 Richard Whorf, actor/director (Yankee Doodle Dandy, Keeper of Flame).
1907 Automatic washer and dryer introduced.
1907 Marjan Kozina, composer
1907 Agathe Grondahl, composer, dies at 59.
1908 Earl of Halsbury, chancellor (Brunei University)
1909 Paul Nordoff, Philadelphia, composer (Frog Prince)
1910 Christopher Cockerell, Hovercraft inventor is born
1910 Christopher Cockerell, inventor (Hovercraft).
1911 Austin Andrew Wright, sculptor.
1912 Cone of Mount Katmai (Alaska) collapses.
1912 Massachusetts passes inaugural US minimum wage law
1912 Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor (great iron sculptures).
1913 Suffragette Emily Davison throws himself in front of King George V's horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby
1913 Bruno Bettinelli, composer.
1913 Emily Wilding Davidson, suffragette, trampled to death by a horse.
1914 Willy-August Linnemann, Danish writer/journalist
1915 Modibo Keita, president of Mali (1960-68).
1915 William Charles Denis Browne, composer, dies at 26
1916 Russian General Brusilov fails on his Eastern Front attack.
1916 Cecil Blacker, CEO (British Equestrian Federation).
1916 Mildred J Hill, composer/musician (Happy Birthday To You), dies at 56
1917 1st Pulitzer prize awarded to Richards and Elliott (Julia Ward Howe).
1917 Allen Greenwood, deputy CEO (British Aerospace).
1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #894 Erda.
1918 LeRoy Walker, Atlanta Ga, CEO (US Olympic Committee)
1919 Senate passes Women's Suffrage bill
1919 US marines invade Costa Rica
1920 Peace of Trianon between Allies and Hungary
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