Page 4: Historical Events In May - 18
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1896 US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson) 

1896 US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson) 

1896 Walter Fitzgerald, Keyhan Devonport England. 

1897 Irish Music Festival inaugural held (Dublin) 

1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin). 

1897 Frank Capra, Ital, director (Its a Wonderful Life, Arsenic and Old Lace). 

1898 Juan J Domenchina, Spanish poet/interpreter (sombra desterrada). 

1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in inaugural Hague Peace Conference 

1899 World Goodwill Day-26 nations meet in 1st Hague Peace Conference 

1900 Britain proclaims protectorate over kingdom of Tonga. 

1900 Tonga is recorded as becoming a British protectorate 

1900 Sarah Miriam Peale, US, portrait painter (Gen Lafayette-1825). 

1901 Harry Robert Wilson, composer 

1902 [Robert] Meredith Willson, Mason City Iowa, composer (Music Man). 

1903 George E Stone, Lodz Poland, actor (Viva Villa, Last Mile). 

1904 American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco. 

1904 Jacob K Javits, (Sen-R-NY). 

1905 Eric Zeisl, composer. 

1906 The Federated Boys' Clubs, later to become the Boys' Clubs of America, are organized 

1907 Clifford Curzon, London England, pianist (MacFarren Gold Medal) 

1909 Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon, 1934-36). 

1909 George Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81 

1910 Passage of Earth through tail of Halley's Comet leads to near-panic 

1910 The inaugural ever conference on air traffic opens in Paris 

1910 Arthur van Schendel, Dutch art historian. 

1910 Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66 

1911 Pres/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends 

1911 Joe Turner, KC, blues singer (Corrine Corrina, Shake Rattle and Roll) 

1911 Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 

1912 Maurits Binger establishes 2 Dutch movie companies 

1912 A's beat Tigers 24-2, who use amateurs protesting Ty Cobbs suspension. 

1912 Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer. 

1913 Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 

1914 Anthony Fell, British MP. 

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