Page 4: Historical Events In November - 19
Thursday, 12 February 2026
1906 London selected to host 1908 Olympics 

1906 Henri Temianka, composer 

1907 Christian J H English, [Luc Tournier], Neth/Curacaos painter/composer 

1908 Alan Baxter, East Cleveland OH, actor (Big Town Girl, Rags to Riches) 

1908 Albert Dietrich, composer, dies at 79 

1909 Former Dutch premier Abraham Kuyper denies corruption. 

1909 Rose Isabel Williams, sister of Tennessee Williams. 

1910 Ferenc Molnà rs "Tester," premieres in Budapest 

1911 NY receives 1st Marconi wireless transmission from Italy. 

1911 Ramon Caceres, President (Dominican Republic), murdered 

1912 George E Palade, Romanian/US cell biologist (ribosomen, Nobel 1974). 

1915 Joe Hill, Labor leader/songwriter, executed for murder. 

1916 Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures (the company later became one of the most successful independent filmmakers) 

1917 Indian prime minister Indire Gandhi was born 

1917 Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India is born. 

1917 Indira Gandhi, Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84) 

1917 Basil Grieve, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests England v S Afr 1889), dies. 

1918 Catherine Elizabeth Pennington, personal assistant. 

1919 US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles andLeague of Nations 

1919 US Senate rejects (55-39) Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations 

1919 Alan Young, England, actor (Time Machine, Wilbur Post-Mr Ed). 

1920 Ursula Heathcote Nicholls, campaigner 

1922 Demonstration for a French Language University in Ghent 

1922 Stanley K Runcorn, British geophysicist (Doctor of Utrecht). 

1923 Béla Bartòk's "Tancsuite," premieres. 

1923 French Netscher, author/journalist (In 3rd Chamber), dies at 59. 

1924 William Russell, British actor 

1924 Lee Stack, British sirdar in Egypt/gov-gen of Sudan, murdered. 

1925 Zygmunt Bauman, Polish Sociologist 

1926 British mine strikes after 28 weeks ends 

1926 Jeane J Kirkpatrick, Duncan Okla, US ambassador to UN (R) 

1928 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover 

1928 Achille Simonetti, composer, dies at 71. 

1929 Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician 

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