Page 4: Historical Events In November - 20
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1890 Jean-Jacques Gailliard, Belgian painter 

1891 Leon Cadore, pitcher (pitched all of 26 inning game) 

1892 James B Collip, Canadian biochemist/physiologist (insulin). 

1894 US intervenes in Bluefields, Nicaragua. 

1894 Carl Mayer, Graz, actor (Dreaming Lips, Ariane, Sunrise). 

1894 Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (Dmitri Donskoi), dies at 64. 

1896 Mykhaylo Verikivsky, composer 

1897 Lores Bonney, aviator 

1898 John Fowler, English engineer (London Metropolitan Railway), dies 

1899 Juan Vicente Lecuna, composer 

1899 Carl A E Ahlqvist, [A Oksanen], Finnish translator, dies at 63. 

1900 American cartoonist Chester Gould, creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, is born 

1900 Chester Gould, cartoonist (Dick Tracy). 

1901 The opera "Gris‚lidis" is produced (Paris) 

1901 Opera "Grisélidis" is produced (Paris). 

1902 Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race 

1902 Wolfgang Kunkel, German law historian. 

1904 Alexandra Danilova, ballet great. 

1906 George Bernard Shaws "Doctor's Dilemma," premieres in London. 

1907 Fran Allison, LaPorte City Iowa, actress (Kukla, Fran and Ollie) 

1908 Alistair Cooke, British broadcaster is born. 

1908 Alistair Cooke, Manchester England, TV host (Masterpiece Theatre). 

1909 Jack Williams of Ottawa Rough Riders kicks 9 singles in a game. 

1909 Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74). 

1910 Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero. 

1910 Pauli Murray, famous African 

1910 Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (Anna Karenina), dies at 82 [NS]. 

1911 Gustav Mahler’s "Das Lied von der Erde" (“Song of the Earth“) premieres in Munich 

1911 Jean Shiley, US, high jumper (Olympic-gold-1932) 

1912 Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German nobleman, head of the Habsburg house 

1914 In this year, US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports. 

1914 Emilio Pucci, Naples, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1954). 

1915 7th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Rowing, 13-7 

1915 Kon Ichikawa, Japan, director (Matatabi, Money Talks). 

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