Page 5: Historical Events In November - 22
Saturday, 14 February 2026
1924 England orders Egyptians out of Sudan. 

1924 Geraldine Page (Academy Award-winning actress The Trip to Bountiful [1985]). 

1924 Axel Borup-Jorgensen, composer. 

1924 Herman Heijermans Jr, author (On Hope, Heap of Blessing), dies. 

1924 Geraldine Page (Academy Award-winning actress: The Trip to Bountiful [1985]) 

1925 Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college. 

1925 Gunther Schuller, NYC, hornist/composer (Visitation) 

1926 Lew (Selva Lewis) Burdette, Jr. (baseball Milwaukee Braves). 

1926 Imperial Conference ends-giving autonomy inside Brit Commonwealth 

1926 Lew Burdette, baseball player. 

1926 Lew (Selva Lewis) Burdette, Jr. (baseball: Milwaukee Braves) 

1927 Carl Eliason of Sayner, Wisconsin, was granted the inaugural patent ever given for a snowmobile design on this day. 

1927 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc). 

1927 Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player 

1928 "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, inaugural performed publicly, in Paris 

1928 "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, 1st performed publicly (Paris). 

1928 Juno Stover-Irwin, US, diver (Olympic-silver-1956). 

1929 Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG 

1930 1st Irish Sweepstake run. 

1930 John Paul Schiffer. 

1931 Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite," premieres 

1932 Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered. 

1932 Robert Vaughn (actor The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) 

1932 Robert Vaughn (actor: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) 

1934 "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 1st heard on Eddie Cantor's show. 

1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, CA, carrying 100000 pieces of mail on inaugural trans-Pacific airmail flight 

1935 China Clipper (flying boat) took off from Alameda, Calif, carrying 100000 pieces of mail on 1st trans-Pacific airmail flight 

1936 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst CC Pinehurst NC 

1936 Louis F H Apol, painter/etcher/literary, dies at 86. 

1940 Terry Gilliam (actor Monty Python series, And Now for Something Completely Different, ) 

1940 500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis 

1940 Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67. 

1940 Terry Gilliam (actor: Monty Python series, And Now for Something Completely Different, ). 

1941 Tom Conti, American actor is born. 

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