Page 3: Historical Events In June - 30
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1859 Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope 

1860 The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place. 

1860 Gyula Andressy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs (1918-20). 

1861 CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade 

1862 Day 6 of the 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp 

1862 Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia 

1862 Richard Griffith, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48 

1863 Battles in Hanover Pennsylvania: 80 casualties. 

1865 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are are discovered guilty 

1868 C V France, Bradford Engld, actor (Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail) 

1870 Ada Kepley is recorded as becoming inaugural female law college graduate. 

1870 Ada Kepley is recorded as becoming 1st female law college graduate 

1871 Guatemala revolts for agarian reforms. 

1871 Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms 

1876 Serbia declares war on Turkey 

1879 Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods. 

1879 Walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame) 

1881 Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia 

1882 Charles J Guiteau, assassin (Pres Garfield), hanged 

1884 Georges Duhamel, French novelist is born. 

1889 Eugenio Terziani, composer, dies at 64 

1890 Gertrude McCoy, Sugar Valley GA, silent screen actress (Blue Bird). 

1890 Samuel Parkman Tuckerman, composer, dies at 71 

1892 Laszlo Lajtha, composer 

1893 Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered 

1893 Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader (1945-..) 

1894 Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid 

1894 Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian assassin (arch duke Ferdinand). 

1896 Howard Hawks, American film director is born 

1896 W S Hadaway patents electric stove 

1896 Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone) 

1898 George Chandler, Waukegan Ill, actor (Lassie) 

1899 Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng v Australia at Headingley 

1899 Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal. 

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