Page 4: Historical Events In March - 11
Tuesday, 26 May 2026
1892 The inaugural public basketball game (Springfield MA). 

1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass). 

1892 Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II) 

1894 John Selby, cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies. 

1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed. 

1897 A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris leads to damage but no human injuries are reported. 

1897 Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources). 

1897 Berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58. 

1898 Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star is born. 

1898 Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm). 

1899 Frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72). 

1900 Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies 

1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant. 

1902 Josef Martin Bauer, writer 

1903 Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post) 

1904 Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games. 

1904 Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch/US nuclear physicist 

1905 Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1. 

1906 Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer 

1907 Eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine (saved her kids) 

1907 Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered 

1908 Laurier government creates National Battlefields Commission; partly to save Quebec's Plains of Abraham from property development. 

1908 Lawrence Welk, Strasburg ND, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show) 

1908 Peter Milne, composer, dies at 83. 

1909 Ljubica Maric, composer 

1910 Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 vs SAfr), his only Test hit wicket 

1910 Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 v SAfr), his only Test hit wicket 

1910 Robert H G Havemann, German chemist 

1911 Alan Gifford, Boston MA, actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope). 

1912 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-minute periods, formerly played in 30-minute halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep 

1912 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep. 

1912 Robert Clifford Latham, pepys Scholar. 

1913 John Jacob Weinzweig, Toronto Canada, composer (Enchanted Hill). 

1915 Karl Krolow, writer 

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