Page 5: Historical Events In November - 06
Thursday, 05 February 2026
1924 Stanley Baldwin is recorded as becoming PM of England 

1925 Secret agent Sidney Reilly is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union. 

1925 Dirk de Vroome, [Red Giant], SS'er 

1925 Khải Äịnh, Emperor of Vietnam. 

1926 Brian Abel-Smith, professor of Social Adminstration 

1928 Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E Smith (D) for President 

1928 In America, Herbert Hoover is recorded as becoming the 31st President. 

1928 Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds 

1928 Peter Matz, Pitts Pa, orch leader (Hullabaloo, Carol Burnette Show) 

1929 Max von Bathe, German prince/Chancellor (1910-11, 18), dies at 62 

1930 Raymond Baervoets, Belgian composer (Metamorphoses) 

1931 Mike Nichols, [Peschowsky], director (Catch 22, Biloxi Blues) 

1932 German election 

1932 Stonewall Jackson, rocker. 

1933 Joseph Pope, US singer (Hey Girl Don't Bother Me). 

1934 NFL Phila Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0 

1935 The British Hawker Hurrican fighter plane is flowen for the inaugural time, it was a key factor in the air war over Britian in WWII. 

1935 1st test flight of British Hurricane aircraft 

1936 RCA displays TV for the press. 

1936 RCA displays TV for press. 

1936 David Ward-Steinman, composer 

1937 Bas de Gaay Fortman, Dutch MP (PPR). 

1938 Herschel Grynszpan assassinates Ernst vom Rath, third secretary of the German embassy in Paris 

1938 3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time, charity all star game. 

1938 P J Proby, [James Marcus Smith], Houston Texas, American rocker. 

1939 WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), inaugural commercial TV station, begins service. 

1939 WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st coml TV station, begins service. 

1939 Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino Supreme Court jurist 

1939 Adolphe Max, Belgian liberal MP, dies at 69 

1940 HMCS Ottawa is sunk by the Italian submarine DiBruno. 

1940 Roosevelt is elected President. Democrats keep House control. 

1940 Franklin D Roosevelt re-elected president. 

1940 Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and President of the American Jewish World Service. 

1941 On Neutrality Patrol, USS Omaha (CL-4) and USS Somers (DD-381) intercept the German blockade runner Odenwald disguised as U.S. freighter, board her after the German crew abandoned the ship, and brought the ship to San Juan, Puerto Rico, where the boarding party was awarded salvage shares 

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