Page 4: Historical Events In November - 09
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1905 Erika Mann, German/US author (Other Germany)/daughter of Thomas Mann 

1906 T Roosevelt is 1st pres to visit other countries (P Rico and Panama). 

1906 Arthur Rudolph, rocket engineer 

1906 Leon Vanderkindere, Belgian historian/mayor of Ukkel, dies at 64. 

1907 Edmonton Rugby Foot-ball Club 1st game, loses to Calgary City Rugby Foot-ball Club 26-5 at Edmonton Exhibition Grounds. 

1907 Burrill Phillips, Omaha Nebraska, composer (Play Ball) 

1909 Katherine Hepburn, American actress is born. 

1909 Hendrik van Randwijk, Dutch author/founder (Vrij Netherland). 

1911 Edmund Schuecker, composer, dies at 50 

1912 Ferenc Molnà rs "Farkas," premieres in Budapest 

1913 a violent storm sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes 

1913 Storm "Freshwater Fury" sinks 8 ore-carriers on Great Lakes. 

1913 Hedy Lamarr, Vienna Austria, actress (Ecstacy, Samson and Delilah) 

1914 HMAS Sydney sinks the German cruiser, Emden, at the Cocos Islands, Indian Ocean. 

1914 Colin Gray, airman 

1915 Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedoes, killing 272. 

1915 Italian liner Ancona sinks by German torpedos, killing 272. 

1915 Sargent Shriver, MD, Dem VP candidate (1972)/directed Peace Corp 

1918 Bavaria proclaims itself a republic. 

1918 Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicates after German defeat in WW I. 

1918 Florence Chadwick, San Diego Calif, swimmer (Hall of Fame 1970). 

1918 Guillaume Apollinaire, [Kostrowitsky], Fr poet (Alcools), dies at 38 

1921 Partito Nazionalista Fascista, forms in Italy by Mussolini 

1921 Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, film scholar/exhibitor 

1922 German SS formed. 

1923 Beer Hall Putsch-NAZIs fail to overthrow government in Germany 

1923 Beer Hall Putsch-Nazis fail to overthrow govt, 16 die/Hitler flees. 

1924 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson is recorded as becoming 1st elected woman governor (of Texas). 

1925 German NSDAP form SS. 

1925 Daniel Josephus Jitta, lawyer/Dutch state advisor, dies at 71. 

1927 Giant Panda discovered, China 

1927 Ole Olsen, composer, dies at 77. 

1929 Nicolaas Theunissen, S Afr cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies 

1930 The inaugural nonstop airplane flight from NY to Panama 

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