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Sunday, 22 February 2026
1914 [Arthur] Wilson "Bob" Tucker, US, sci-fi author (Time Masters). 
1914 Elbrige Gerry, VP (of Gerrymander fame), dies at 70.
1915 Ellen Drew, [Terry Ray], Kansas City Mo, actress (Isle of Dead)
1916 Eduard Napravnik, composer, dies at 77.
1917 George O'Hanlon, Bkln NY, actor (Calvin-Life of Riley, George Jetson)
1919 Claudio Santoro, composer.
1920 Chalmers P Wylie, (Rep-R-OH, 1967- ).
1920 Mohammed ibn Addoellah, Somalian resistances leader "Mad Molla", dies
1921 Pres Harding signs Willis Campell Act (anti-beer bill) forbidding doctors prescribing beer or liquor for medicinal purposes
1921 Hein J Roethof, lawyer/Dutch MP (PvdA).
1922 Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia
1923 German army commander Gen Von Seeckt bans NSDAP and KPD
1923 Angelo John Novarese, record company founder
1926 Noel Coward's "This Was a Man," premieres in NYC
1926 Frederic Ayers, composer, dies at 50.
1927 S Przybyszewski, writer, dies
1929 Shirley Booth and Ed Gardner were married on this day. Miss Booth was famous for her television acting role ("Hazel");.
1930 NY Giant Hap Moran runs 91 yards for a TD from a scrimmage.
1931 Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague
1931 Evert Cornelis, Dutch conductor/pianist, dies
1932 Percy Pitt, composer, dies at 63
1934 An Anglo-Ethiopian boundary commission in the Ogaden discovers an Italian garrison at Walwal, which lay well within Ethiopian territory. This leads to the Abyssinia Crisis
1936 The inaugural issue of LIFE magazine debuted. It was an immediate sellout. The cover of that famous magazine showed an obstetrician slapping a baby and the caption read, “LIFE begins”.
1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce.
1937 Clifford Odets' "Golden Boy," premieres in NYC.
1937 Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68
1938 Bob Hope and Shirley Ross recorded a song for the film, The Big Broadcast of 1938. Thanks for the Memory became Decca record number 2219. It also became Hope’s theme song
1938 August TC Kiehl, actor (Hope of Blessing), dies at 84
1939 Wearing distinctive armband, "Judenstern" (Jewish star) is recorded as becoming obligatory for all Jews in Central Poland
1939 Nazi Gov of Poland Hans Frank requires Jews to wear a blue star.
1940 1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes.
1940 Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82
1941 German troops conquer Klin, at NW of Moscow.
1942 Coast Guard Woman's Auxiliary (SPARS) authorized.
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