Page 4: Historical Events In November - 27
Saturday, 21 February 2026
1909 Astrid Allwyn, Manchester CT, actress (Charlie Chan's Secret). 

1910 NY's Penn Station opens as world's largest railway terminal 

1910 Rudolf Holzmann, composer 

1911 Audience throws vegetables at actors for 1st recorded time in US. 

1911 Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix/Kuifje) 

1912 Albanian National Flag adopted 

1912 Spanish protectorate in Morocco established 

1912 David Merrick, [Margulois], Hong Kong, Broadway producer (Hello Dolly) 

1913 Frances Swem Anderson, technologist (nuclear medicine) 

1914 1st women elected political agent (Grantham, Linconshire UK). 

1914 Evangeline Bruce, hostess. 

1915 Caro van Eyck, [Gerarda JE Taytelbaum], Dutch actress (Medea). 

1915 Sigismund Vladislavovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 54 

1916 City of Birmingham, an Ellerman Lines ship, of 7498 grt, and built by Palmers of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1911, she was torpedoed by the German submarine U32, 90 miles south-east of Malta while bound from Liverpool to Karachi. with 315 passengers and crew on board, 4 lost their lives, all crew 

1916 James Cutler Dunn Parker, composer, dies at 88. 

1917 "Buffalo" Bob Smith, Buffalo NY, TV host (Howdy Doody) 

1918 Zeev Wolfgang Steinberg, composer. 

1919 Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies and Bulgaria 

1919 Siegfried Naumann, composer. 

1920 Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star. 

1921 Alexander Dubcek, headed Czech Communist Party (1968-69). 

1923 Robert A Young, (Rep-D-MO, 1977-86) 

1924 57000 watch a High School football game in LA 

1924 57000 watch a High School football game (LA and Polytechnic tie 7-7). 

1925 German Parliament ratifies treaty of Locarno. 

1925 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter, dies. 

1926 110000 watch Army andNavy play a 21-all tie. 

1926 KXL-AM in Portland OR begins radio transmissions 

1926 Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins. 

1926 110000 watch Army and Navy play a 21-all tie 

1930 J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies 

1931 1st Test Cricket match at the Gabba Bradman scores 200 on 1st day 

1932 Poland and USSR signs non-attack treaty 

1934 Bank robber Baby Face Nelson dies in a shoot-out with the FBI. 

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