Page 3: Historical Events In November - 02
Thursday, 19 February 2026
1882 Leo Perutz, writer 

1882 Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques, composer, dies at 61 

1883 Frico Kafenda, composer 

1884 Auguste Emmanuel Vaucorbeil, composer, dies at 62 

1885 The inaugural Canadian Pacific Railway train leaves Montreal Quebec for Vancouver British Columbia. 

1885 Harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies) 

1886 Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor (Nothing But Trouble). 

1887 Jenny Lind, [Swedish Nightingale], soprano, dies at 67. 

1889 North Dakota is recorded as becoming 39th and South Dakota is recorded as becoming the 40th state. 

1889 North Dakota is recorded as becoming 39th and South Dakota is recorded as becoming 40th state 

1890 Henry Borginon, Flemish nationalist/senator. 

1892 Paul Verlaine visits Netherlands. 

1892 Alice Brady, NYC, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee, Zenobia). 

1894 William Johnston, tennis champ (US Open-1915). 

1895 In this year, 29th Belmont: Fred Taral aboard Belmar claims in 2:11½. 

1897 Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian (Devil's Brother). 

1898 French government-Dupuy forms. 

1899 Boers begin siege of Ladysmith Natal. 

1899 Eddy [Charles E] du Perron, Dutch author/poet. 

1901 James Dunn, NYC, actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, It's a Great Life) 

1902 Gyula Illyes, Hungarian author/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes) 

1903 Lyceum Theater (New Lyceum) opens at 149 W 45th St NYC 

1904 British newspaper, "The Daily Mirror" begins publishing 

1904 British newspaper, "Daily Mirror," begins publishing. 

1905 Fred Lipmann, watchmaker 

1906 Luchino Visconti, Milan Italy, director (Damned, Death in Venice) 

1907 Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published. 

1908 Reginald Beckwith, York England, actor (Genevieve, Doctor in Love) 

1909 Theodor W Ahlwardt, German orientalist, dies at 81 

1911 Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979). 

1912 Jouko Paavo Kalervo Tolonen, composer 

1913 Burt Lancaster, American actor is born 

1913 St Louis Browns mgr George Stovall is 1st to jump to Federal League. 

1913 Burt Lancaster, NYC, actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry). 

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