Page 4: Historical Events In November - 29
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1906 Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor (One Man's Family) 

1907 Merle Travis, Muhlenberg County KY, country singer (16 Tons). 

1908 Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY)/minister 

1909 Rupert Davies, methodist Scholar. 

1910 The inaugural US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine 

1910 Louis Levy Jr, music publisher. 

1911 Klaus EJ Fuchs, German/British atomic physicist/spy 

1913 5th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2. 

1914 Edith Tilton Penrose, economist 

1915 Fire destroys most of the buildings on Santa Catalina Island, California 

1915 Earl W Sutherland, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971) 

1916 US declares martial law in Dominican Republic. 

1916 Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin. 

1916 Valentino Bucchi, composer 

1918 Serbia annexes Montenegro. 

1918 Herb Shriner, Toledo Ohio, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show) 

1918 Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Helten), dies at 40 

1919 Pearl Primus, dancer 

1920 Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician. 

1921 Coldest day in Nov in Netherlands -14.0°C. 

1921 Ivan Caryll, composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60. 

1922 Benjamin Smit, Curacaos architect (St Elizabeth Hospital). 

1923 Frank Reynolds, E Chicago Ind, news anchor (ABC Evening News). 

1924 NHL's Montreal Forum opens. 

1924 12th CFL Grey Cup: Queen's University defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3. 

1924 Giacomo Puccini, Ital composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65 

1925 Karl Flodin, composer, dies at 67. 

1926 Tris Speaker steps down as Indians manager. 

1926 Dagmar, Huntington WV, actress (Broadway's Open House) 

1927 Rubert Crosse, NYC, actor (Det Robinson-The Partners). 

1927 George Giffen, cricketer (251 FC games, 11758 runs, 1023 wkts), dies. 

1928 Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter. 

1929 Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached the vicinity of the South Pole" (He was wrong). 

1929 Lt Cmdr Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong) 

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