Page 3: Historical Events In June - 22
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1865 1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace 

1868 Arkansas re-enters US. 

1869 Hendrikus Colijn, Dutch premier (AR 1933-39). 

1870 Congress creates Department of Justice 

1870 1st Boardwalk in America invented 

1873 Prince Edward Island joins Canada. 

1874 Dr Andrew T Sill, of Macon, Missouri, finds science of osteopathy 

1874 Dr Andrew T Still, discovers the science of osteopathy. 

1874 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies. 

1875 Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, results in the deaths of about 1000 

1883 Jose Rolon, composer. 

1885 Mahdi, [Muhammad Ahmed], Sudanese music reviewer, dies. 

1887 Albert PAA Besnard, Dutch poet/journalist (Uprising and Remorse) 

1889 Louisville Colonels set ML baseball record with 26th consecutive loss. 

1891 Franz de Backer, Flemish writer (White Enemy). 

1893 British fleet under vice-admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut. 

1893 Osvald Chlubna, composer. 

1894 Harry Houdini marries Bessie Rahner. 

1896 Francis C Denebrink, US Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea). 

1897 Norbert Elias, English/Dutch philosopher (Process of Civilization) 

1897 Ralph Abercromby, British meteorologist, dies at about 54. 

1898 Erich Maria Remarque, novelist (All Quiet on the Western Front). 

1898 Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist, dies at 66. 

1899 Dorothy Devore, Ft Worth TX, actress (Narrow Street, Senior Daredevil). 

1900 Jennie Tourel, St Petersburg Russia, mezzo-soprano (Met Opera 1943-47). 

1901 Jack Whiting, Phila Pa, actor/singer (Marge and Gower Champion Show). 

1902 Arnold J d'Ailly, dir (Nederlandsche Bank)/mayor (Amsterdam, 1946-56). 

1903 Carl Hubbell, pitcher (NY Giants)-253 claims, 2.97 lifetime ERA 

1903 George White, black resident of Delaware, lynched. 

1905 Walter Leigh, composer. 

1906 Hakon VII crowned king of Norway. 

1906 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, author/aviator, Charles' wife. 

1906 Fritz Schaudinn, German animal scholar: examined amoebasis, dies at 34 

1907 Anne Morrow Lindbergh, aviator/author (Gift from the Sea). 

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