Page 4: Historical Events In November - 12
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1919 Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia. 

1920 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner 

1920 Richard Quine, Detroit MI, actor/director (Clay Pigeon) 

1921 Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments. 

1921 Robert Fleming, composer 

1921 Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63. 

1922 The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority is founded on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana 

1922 Kim Hunter, [Janet Cole], Det MI, actress (Planet of the Apes, Lilith). 

1923 In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power Nov 8. 

1923 Vicco von Bülow, German film director. 

1924 Yeshivah Slobodka opens a branch in Chevron 

1925 US and Italy sign peace accord about war debts 

1925 Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65 

1927 Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Communist Party, catapulting Josef Stalin to the top 

1927 Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green 

1927 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting NY to NJ opens 

1927 Sunset Carson, [Michael Harrison] Plainview TX, actor (Cat of Rockies). 

1928 British steamer "Vestris" capsizes and sinks off Virginia, results in the deaths of 110. 

1928 Grace Kelly, Phila Pa, actress (Rear Window)/Princess (Monaco) 

1929 Grace Kelly, American actress/Princess Grace of Monaco is born. 

1929 Michael Ende, writer 

1930 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author (Towers of February). 

1931 Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto 

1931 Bob Crewe, rocker. 

1932 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion. 

1933 inaugural known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken 

1933 Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany 

1933 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal) 

1933 Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist (8x European Champion at Derny-drive) 

1934 Ann Flood, Jamaica NY, actress (Edge of Night) 

1935 Jerry Douglas, Chelsea Mass, actor (John Abbott-Young and Restless). 

1936 The inaugural TV Gardening show airs 

1936 The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic. 

1936 1st TV Gardening show. 

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