Page 3: Historical Events In November - 29
Friday, 13 February 2026
1866 Waldemar von Baussnern, composer 

1870 Compulsory education proclaimed in England. 

1870 Andre Lichtenberger, French sociologist/writer (Le petit roi). 

1872 Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River. 

1872 Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director 

1872 Cornelius Kreighoff, Canadian, dies. 

1874 Antonio Egas Moniz, Portugal, lobotomist (Nobel 1949). 

1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph 

1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph. 

1887 US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii. 

1890 inaugural Army-Navy football game, Score Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point 

1890 The inaugural Japanese Diet opens. 

1890 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point 

1890 inaugural Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point 

1891 Julius Raab, Austrian Chancellor (1953-61) 

1893 Ziqiang Institute, today known as Wuhan University, is founded by Zhang Zhidong, governor of Hubei and Hunan Provinces in late Qing Dynasty of China after his memorial to the throne is approved by the Qing Government 

1894 Yakima Canutt, [Enos Edward], Colfax WA, actor/dir (Texas Terror). 

1895 Busby Berkeley , American director and choreographer is born. 

1895 Busby Berkeley, Los Angeles CA, choreographer 

1895 Eduard count von Taaffe, Austria premier (1868..93), dies at 62 

1896 Philip L Carret, Lynn Mass, CEO (Pioneer Fund). 

1897 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England). 

1897 Emiel van Hemeldonck, Belgian writer (Little Emperor). 

1898 C.S Lewis, British writer is born 

1898 C[live] S[taples] Lewis, UK, sci-fi author (Silver Chair) 

1899 Gustave Reese, composer. 

1900 Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as supreme commander in S Afr 

1901 East 182nd Street in the Bronx is paved and opened. 

1901 East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened 

1901 Genevieve Tobin, actress (Zaza, Great Gambini, Uncertain Lady) 

1902 Gerhart Hauptmanns "Der arnë Heinrich," premieres in Vienna. 

1902 Carlo Levi, Italy, painter/novelist (Of Fear and Freedom). 

1904 Kay Johnson, Mt Vernon NY, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage). 

1905 Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham. 

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