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Monday, 24 August 2026
1887 Victoria von Battenberg, wife of Spanish king Alfonso 
1889 Softball rules adopted by Mid Winter Indoor Baseball League.
1890 Chicago Mainbocher, uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves).
1891 Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (The Two Orphans).
1892 Kurt Huber, German philosopher/resistance fighter
1896 Jack Warner, [Waters], London England, actor (Christmas Carol).
1897 Lazar Weiner, composer
1897 Francis Turner Palgrave, poet/editor (Golden Treasury), dies at 73
1899 Battle at Rietfontein, South Africa: Boers vs British army.
1899 Ferhat Abbas, Algerian pharmacist/MP chairman (1962-63).
1900 General Redvers Buller returns to England.
1900 Elizabeth Hill, teacher of Salvonic languages
1901 inaugural woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor).
1901 1st woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (Anna Taylor).
1901 Paul Henrion, composer, dies at 82.
1902 Vladislav Ivanovich Zaremba, composer, dies at 69.
1903 George Sutton is recorded as becoming billiard champ
1903 The National Transcontinental Railway Act is passed. In order to expand into Western Canada the Grand Trunk Railway agrees to build a line from Moncton, New Brunswick to Quebec, then on a more northerly route than on any other transcontinental line to a point on the British Columbia Coast, which was to become Prince Rupert. The part between Moncton and Winnipeg was to be known as the National Transcontinental Railway and was to be built by the government. The line west of Winnipeg, to be known as the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, was to be built by the Grand Trunk itself.
1903 1st trotter to run a mile under 2 minutes (Lou Dillon 1:58.1).
1904 1st NY subway opens.
1904 Moss Hart, Bronx NY, playwright (You Can't Take it With You, Act 1).
1905 Elizabeth Poston, composer.
1906 Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter.
1908 Billy Murray hits the charts with "Take Me Outto the Ball Game".
1908 John Alwyne Kitching, zoologist.
1911 Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole.
1911 Clarence M Kelley, FBI head.
1912 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83
1913 Joe Tinker fired as Cin Reds manager
1913 Molly Mary Hyde, cricketer.
1915 Jean Vallerand, composer.
1916 Moroccan troops capture Ft Douaumont.
1917 Battle at Caporetto: German and Austria smash Italian army.
1917 Marshall Goldberg, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals).
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