Page 4: Historical Events In November - 16
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1904 Eddie Condon, Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show). 

1905 Neth/Russ Count Witte is recorded as becoming premier of Russia. 

1905 Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden 

1907 Oklahoma is recorded as becoming 46th state. 

1907 Oklahoma is recorded as becoming the United States 46th state 

1908 Arturo Tuscanini begins conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera. 

1908 Burgess Meredith, US actor is born 

1908 Burgess Meredith, Cleve Ohio, actor (Mr Novak, Penguin-Batman, Rocky). 

1909 EVV Eindhoven soccer team forms 

1909 Francis Thome, composer, dies at 59 

1912 Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, author (Weird White) 

1914 The Federal Reserve Banking Act is adopted in the U.S. 

1914 Federal Reserve System formally opens 

1916 Eugene O'Neill's "Bound East for Cardiff," premieres in NYC 

1916 Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound) 

1917 British occupy Tel Aviv and Jaffa 

1917 John Whiting, British dramatist/actor (Saint's Day) 

1918 Hungarian People's Republic declared 

1919 Admiral Horthy conquerors Budapest from Béla Kuns Soviet Republic 

1919 Udo Kasemets, composer 

1920 Postage meter inaugural used in US in lieu of postage stamps. 

1920 Australia's Qantas airways founded in Winton, Queensland as Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited. 

1920 Betty Hicks, LPGA golfer 

1922 Pope Pius XI calls on Belgian people to unite. 

1922 Royal Dano, NYC, actor (Red Badge of Courage, Cocaine Wars, House II). 

1924 Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL and major-league football record) 

1924 Joep J P de Boer, Dutch MP (CDA). 

1924 Alexander Andreyevich Archangel'sky, composer, dies at 78. 

1925 American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY) 

1926 NY Rangers 1st game, beat Montreal Maroons 1-0. 

1926 Ton de Leeuw, Dutch composer. 

1927 Barbara Payton, Cloquet MN, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde). 

1928 Clu Gulager, Holdenville Okla, actor (Virginian, Survivors, Tall Man) 

1929 Renate Rubinstein, [Tamar], German/Ned's author/columnist (Tamar) 

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