Page 3: Historical Events In November - 24
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1864 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, France, painter (At the Moulin Rouge). 

1868 Scott Joplin, US, entertainer/composer (The Entertainer) 

1869 American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) 

1871 National Rifle Association organized (NYC) 

1873 L Martov, [Yuly O Tsederbaum], Russian revolutionary. 

1874 Joseph F Glidden patents barbed wire. 

1876 Walter Griffin, US architect, city planner; designed Canberra, Aust. 

1877 Alben W Barkley, Graves County Ky, (35th Vice Pres-D-1949-53). 

1878 Mark N Tod, English classicist/historian. 

1880 Southern University established. 

1880 Southern University forms. 

1880 Hanri Reber, composer, dies at 73 

1884 Michel de Klerk, architect (Amsterdam School) 

1885 Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1875-85), dies at 27. 

1886 Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist (L'art et Son Avenir). 

1887 Victorien Sardou's "La Tosca," premieres in Paris 

1888 Dale Carnegie was born on this day in Maryville, Missouri 

1888 Cathleen Nesbitt, Belfast Ireland, actress (Agatha-Farmer's Daughter) 

1889 Albert J Sylvester, England, ballroom dancer (Alex Moor Award-1977). 

1892 Isidor Achron, composer 

1893 Fern Andra, Watseka IL, actress (Eyes of the World) 

1894 Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for Engl). 

1896 1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont. 

1897 Canadian Intercollegiate Rugby Football Union forms in Kingston. 

1898 The International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists opens 

1899 Jan Adam Maklakiewicz, composer. 

1899 Abdullah ibn Mohammed al-Ta'a'ishi, mahdi of Sudan (1883-99), dies. 

1900 On this day, the inaugural gasoline-powered Pierce automobile was taken on a test drive through the streets of Buffalo, New York 

1900 Cornelius Kee, composer. 

1901 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker. 

1902 Fernand Braudel, French historian 

1903 Clyde Coleman of NYC patents automobile electric starter. 

1903 Charles Dupee Blake, composer, dies at 56. 

1905 The inaugural Canadian Northern Railway passenger train reaches Edmonton after a 27 hour trip from Winnipeg Manitoba. 

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