Page 3: Historical Events In November - 27
Saturday, 21 February 2026
1874 Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman (1st President). 

1875 Wladyslaw Orkan, [Szmaciarz-Smreczynsky], Pol author (Nowele Zebrane). 

1877 In this year, Burkina formally adopts its constitution 

1878 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer 

1879 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer 

1884 Franziska "Fanny" Elssler, Austrian ballerina/choreography, dies at 74 

1885 Earliest photograph of a meteor shower made 

1885 Rudolph Reti, composer 

1886 Tsugouharu T Foujita, Japans/French painter 

1889 Curtis P. Brady was issued the inaugural permit to drive an automobile through Central Park in New York City. Mr. Brady had to pledge to New York's finest that he would not frighten the horses in the park. 

1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady). 

1890 Firstsignal box for San Francisco Police Department goes into operation 

1890 1st signal box for SF Police Department goes into operation. 

1890 Emmanuele Muzio, composer, dies at 69 

1892 Pedro Salinas, writer 

1893 Stanislaw Wiechowicz, composer. 

1894 Forrest Shaklee, founder (Shaklee Products) 

1895 Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize. 

1895 A Dumas D J, writer, dies at 71. 

1896 "Also Sprach Zarathustra" (Thus Spake Zarathustra) debuts in Frankfurt 

1896 Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author (Il giorno del giudizio) 

1898 Side-wheeler "Portland" sinks off Cape Cod, 190 die 

1898 Nelly Steuer-Wagenaar, Dutch pianist. 

1899 Felipe Gutierrez y Espinoza, composer, dies at 74. 

1900 Leon Barzin, Brussels Belgium, conductor (NY City Ballet 1948-58). 

1901 Army War College established in Washington DC 

1901 Army War College forms in Washington DC. 

1901 Ted Husing, NYC, sportscaster (Monday Night Fights) 

1902 Giuseppe Savagnone, composer 

1903 The opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich) 

1903 Opera "Die Heugierigen Frauen" is produced (Munich). 

1903 Johnny Blood, aka John McNally, early NFL halfback (Green Bay) 

1905 Daniel Sternefeld, Belgian conductor/composer (Mater Dolorosa) 

1907 L[yon] Sprague de Camp, US, sci-fi author (Goblin Tower, Hand of Zei). 

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