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Saturday, 14 February 2026
1872 Bloomingdale's department store in NY opens. 
1872 Edward Faber Schneider, composer
1873 The Grand Trunk Railway converts the gauge of its line between Stratford and Montreal, 421 miles together with 60 miles of sidings, from 5' 6" to the standard gauge of 4' 8 1/2". The track work was completed in 24 hours and occasioned but 16 hours interruption in the use of the main line
1873 Captain Jack and companions are hanged for their part in the Modoc War.
1873 Kintpuash, [Captain Jack], fought Modoc indians, Oregon, dies.
1880 Warner Oland, Umea Sweden, actor (Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan).
1881 Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer.
1882 Gunther von Kluge, German fieldmarshal.
1883 The Holyhead was a steamer owned by the London and North Western Railway which rammed the barque Alhambra amidships in the Irish Sea between Dublin and Holyhead in clear weather. The Holyhead's general cargo included 300 pigs, and 17 horses. The Alhambra was carrying coal as ballast and was almost cut in two and sank in a few minutes. The Holyhead sank shortly afterwards. The loss of life from the Holyhead totalled 13, including the Captain, C.W.Hicks, and his daughter. Loss of life on the Alhambra not known, but there was a crew of 25
1884 Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Geur), dies at 44
1886 Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist (Great Adventure)
1888 Carl von Ossietzky, Germany, journalist/pacifist (Nobel 1935)
1889 Cv Ossietzky, writer.
1889 Karel Miry, composer, dies at 66
1890 Capt Guillaume of Kerckhoven marches into Boma Congo
1890 Henry Hull, Louisville KY, actor (Tobacco Rd, Boys Town, High Sierra).
1890 Andries Andre, actor (Trumpeter-Major), dies at 36.
1893 Frantisek Picha, composer.
1895 Kurt Schumacher, co-founder/president West German SDP [OS]
1896 William Morris, writer, dies at 62
1897 Louis Aragon, French poet is born
1897 Josephine "Mama Jo" Riley Matthews, midwife (SC)
1899 J S Thurman patents motor-driven vacuum cleaner.
1899 Gertrude Berg, Harlem NYC, actress (Molly Goldberg-Goldbergs).
1900 Edward Elgar/Cardinal Newmans oratorium premieres in Birmingham
1900 Jay Irving, NYC, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh)
1901 Masao Oki, composer
1902 Arturo da Costa e Silva, marshal/pres of Brazil (1967-69)
1903 Benedetto Junck, composer, dies at 51
1904 Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School
1904 France and Spain sign treaty for Morocco Independence
1904 Charles Pedersen, UK, biochemist (Nobel 1987).
1906 SOS adopted as warning signal by 1st conference on wireless telegraphy
1907 Alfred Reisenauer, composer, dies at 43.
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