Page 3: Historical Events In June - 16
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1881 Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty. 

1882 17" hailstones weighing 1.75 lbs fall in Dubuque Iowa 

1883 1st baseball "Ladies' Day" (NY Gothams beat Cleve Spiders 5-2) 

1884 The inaugural roller coaster in the U.S. begins operation at Coney Island, NY 

1884 1st roller coaster used (Coney Island NY). 

1888 Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown). 

1890 Stan Laurel, English born comedy actor is born 

1890 Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], England, comedian (Laurel and Hardy). 

1891 John Abbott is recorded as becoming Canada's third prime minister. 

1892 Lupino Lane, London England, actress (Love Parade). 

1892 Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/min of Justice, dies at 80 

1893 RW Rueckheim invents Cracker Jack. 

1894 Norman Kerry, Rochester NY, actor (Phantom of the Opera). 

1895 Stan Laurel, [Arthur S Jefferson], comedian (Laurel and Hardy). 

1896 Temperature hits 127°F at Fort Mojave, Calif. 

1896 Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer (Peugeot). 

1897 A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later. 

1898 China's emperor De Zong (Guang Xu) receives Kang Youwei 

1899 Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's. 

1899 Nelson Doubleday, US, publisher (Doubleday). 

1900 Jan van Tilburg, governor Suriname (PVDA, 1955-62) 

1901 Arthur Pierson, Oslo Norway, actor/director (Hat Check Girl) 

1901 Hermann Grimm, German writer/poet/historian, dies 

1902 The Broadway Limited goes into service for the Pennsylvania Railroad to begin a career of more than 75 years on the route between New York and Chicago. 

1902 Barbara McClintock, US, cytogeneticist (Jumping Genes, Nobel 1983). 

1903 Ford Motors incorporates 

1903 1st Highlander (Yankee) shut-out victory 1-0 over White Sox 

1903 Huldreich Georg Fruh, composer 

1904 Bloomsday (date of events in James Joyce's Ulysses). 

1904 Gerard Holt, Dutch architect. 

1905 Hermann von Wissmann, German explorer/governor of E Africa, dies at 51 

1906 Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's). 

1907 Jack Albertson, Malden Mass, actor (Thin Man, Chico and the Man). 

1909 The inaugural US airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5000. 

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