Page 4: Historical Events In June - 05
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1895 August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Coriolanus) 

1898 Federico Garcia Lorca, Spain, poet/dramatist (Blood Wedding). 

1898 Salvatore Ferragamo, Italian Shoemaker 

1899 Alfred Dreyfus' acquitted 

1900 Lord Roberts' army occupies Pretoria 

1900 Barbara Gooden, novelist 

1900 Stephen Crane, author (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 28 

1901 Anastasia N Romanova, great ruler of Russia/daughter of last tsar. 

1902 Hugo Huppert, writer. 

1905 Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas). 

1906 Kenneth Anderson, deputy comptroller (British GPO) 

1907 Automatic washer and dryer are introduced. 

1907 Rolf Bongs, writer 

1908 Jack Jacob, senior master (British Supreme Court). 

1908 Luca Fumagalli, composer, dies at 71. 

1909 Alfred Uhl, composer 

1910 J Helffrich discovers asteroids #699 Hela and #700 Auravictrix 

1911 Red Sox Joe Wood strikes out 3 pinch hitters in 9th for 5-4 win 

1911 Arthur Vick, vice chancelor (Queens University, Belfast). 

1912 US marines invade Cuba (3nd time) 

1912 Eric Hollies, cricketer (England leggie, bowled Bradman). 

1913 Dutch Disability laws go into effect. 

1913 Friedrich Wildgans, composer 

1914 Beatrice de Cardi, archaeoligist 

1915 In this year, 47th Belmont: George Byrne aboard The Finn claims in 2:18.6 

1915 Alfred Kazin, US writer/literature critic (Inmost Leaf) 

1915 Brzeska, sculptor, dies. 

1916 Eddie Joost, baseball player 

1916 Horatio H Kitchener, British General (Sudan), drowns at 65 

1917 10 million US men begin registering for draft in WW I 

1917 Some ten million men begin registering for the draft in World War I. 

1917 Carel van Dillen, resistance fighter 

1918 Branimir Sakac, composer. 

1919 Akeo Watanabe, Tokyo Japan, conductor (Nippon Phil Orch 1956-68) 

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