Page 4: Historical Events In November - 13
Sunday, 18 January 2026
1902 Gustav von Koenigswald, paleontologist (are discovered Pithecanthropus erectus) 

1903 Wilhelm von Polenz, German author (Country of Zukunft), dies 

1904 Gertrude Olmsted, Chicago IL, actress (The Monster) 

1906 C W Gregory out for 383 as NSW make 763 v Queensland 

1906 Conrad Thibault, Northbridge Mass, singer (Jacques Fray Music Room) 

1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies a twin rotor helicopter. 

1907 French cyclist Paul Cornu flies 1st helicopter (twin rotor) 

1907 Josef B Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan) 

1909 259 miners die in a fire at St Paul Mine at Cherry Ill 

1909 Gunnar Bjornstrand, Stockholm Sweden, actor (Shame, Dreams). 

1909 Aeneas Mackay, Dutch Internal minister (ARP)/Colonization, dies at 70. 

1912 Eugene Ionesco, Romanian born French Playwright is born. 

1913 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob 

1913 Alexander Scourby, Brooklyn, actor (Jesus, Shaggy Dog, Giant) 

1915 Howard Cooke, Jamaica, (1991 Mico Gold Medal Award) 

1916 Battle of the Somme ends, with a cost of 60000 Allied lives. 

1916 British offensive at Ancre Belgium 

1916 Jack Elam, Miami AZ, actor (The Dakotas, East Street, Rio Lobo). 

1916 Frederik Septimus Kelly, composer, dies at 35 

1917 Robert Sterling, Newcastle PA, actor (George Kirby-Adv of Topper). 

1917 Emile Durkheim, French sociologist (Le suicide), dies. 

1918 Monarch Friedrich of Waldeck and Pyrmont abdicates throne 

1918 Janine Andrade, French violinist 

1918 Marten Baersma, [MH Bottema], Fries author, dies at 28 

1920 Hudson River frozen at Albany. 

1921 "The Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released 

1921 US, France, Japan and British Empire sign a Pacific Treaty 

1921 "Sheik," starring Rudolph Valentino, is released. 

1921 Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist. 

1922 Black Renaissance begins Harlem NY. 

1922 Jack Narz, Louisville Ky, TV gameshow host (Dotto, Video Village) 

1923 Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone). 

1925 Inez van Dullemen, Dutch author 

1926 Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) uprising in Bantam West Java 

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