Page 4: Historical Events In October - 23
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1918 Actor Charlie Chaplin (29) weds Mildred Harris (17) 

1918 James Daly, Wisc, actor (Medical Center). 

1919 Romberg and Atteridge's musical "Passing Show," premieres in NYC. 

1920 Chicago grand jury indicts Abe Attell, Hal Chase, and Bill Burns as go-betweens in Black Sox World Series scandal 

1921 Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis 

1921 Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus). 

1921 John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81. 

1922 Channing Pollock's "Fool," premieres in NYC 

1922 Coleen Gray, Staplehurst Nebraska, actress (Apache Drums). 

1923 Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform 

1923 Frank Sutton, Clarksville Tenn, actor (Sgt Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC). 

1925 Johnny Carson, Popular American talk show host is born. 

1925 Johnny Carson, Corning Iowa, comedian (Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust). 

1925 Vyacheslav Gavrilovich Karatigin, composer, dies at 50 

1927 City of Netanya, Israel founded 

1927 Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss. 

1927 Edward Kienholz, US sculptor (Roxy) 

1928 Alexander Tanev, composer 

1928 F A Alphonse Aulard, French historian, dies. 

1929 Thomas F Tout, historian (Manch school of historiography), dies at 74. 

1930 Gerard Blain, Paris France, actor (Hatari) 

1931 Diana Dors, [Fluck], Swindon England, actress (Berserk!, Steaming). 

1932 "Fred Allen Show" premieres on radio. 

1932 Dimitra Arliss, actress (Rich Man Poor Man II) 

1933 Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler (WI of 50's) 

1934 Jean Piccard and Jeanette Ridlen attain balloon height of 17.341 m (rec) 

1935 Gabby Hartnett selected NL MVP. 

1935 Chi Chi Rodriguez, Rio Piedras PR, PGA golfer (1972 Byron Nelson) 

1935 Abe Landau, US gangster, murdered 

1936 Barry Sinclair, cricketer (21 Tests for NZ in the 60's, 3 centuries) 

1936 (Marie) Louise Hens, Flemish actress (Bitter Pill), dies at 80. 

1938 John Heinz, (Sen-R-PA, 1977- ). 

1939 Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird) 

1939 Zane Grey, US western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67. 

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