Page 4: Historical Events In September - 13
Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1899 Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist/writer 

1900 Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine-American War. 

1901 Philip Dorn, Scheveningen Netherlands, actor (I Remember Mama). 

1902 Hermine Heijermans, Dutch actress/author. 

1903 Claudette Colbert, [Lily Chauchoin], Paris, actress (Texas Lady) 

1904 Gladys George, Patten Maine, actress (Roaring Twenties) 

1905 Claudette Colbert, French actress is born 

1906 The inaugural airplane flight in Europe. 

1906 1st airplane flight in Europe. 

1906 Georg Jacobi, composer, dies at 66. 

1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football union (Big Four) forms with Hamilton Tigers, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa Rough Riders and Montreal Foot Ball 

1907 Victor Reinganum, artist. 

1908 Ray Burns Green, composer. 

1909 Ty Cobb clinches AL HR title with his 9th HR (all inside-the-park). 

1909 Herbert Berghof, Vienna Austria, actor (Belarus File) 

1910 Regina Rugby Club forms 

1911 Bill Monroe, Rosine Ky, country singer (Blue Moon of Kentucky). 

1912 Reta Shaw, South Paris Maine, actress (Ghost and Mrs Muir) 

1913 Roy Engle, Mo, actor (Police Chief-My Favorite Martian) 

1913 Alfred Gaul, composer, dies at 76. 

1914 Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician. 

1915 Peter Guy Wykeham-Barnes, fighter Pilot 

1916 Roald Dahl, Norway, sci-fi author (Over to You, Taste, 2 Fables). 

1917 Jon Thorarinsson, composer 

1918 Train accident at Weesp Neth, results in the deaths of 42 

1918 Ray Charles, Chicago, orch leader (Perry Como). 

1919 Guy Bolton and George Middleton's "Adam and Eve," premieres in NYC. 

1919 Mary Midgley, American philosopher. 

1920 Carole Mathews, Montgomery Ill, actress (Wilma-Californians) 

1921 Italo Svevo, writer, dies at 59 

1922 The record high temperature for the planet is set in Azizia, Libya, where it reached 136 degrees Fahrenheit 

1922 136.4°F (58°C), El Aziziyah, Libya in shade (world record) 

1923 With Spain's king Alfonso XIII assist, army coup under de Rivera. 

1923 Reninca, [Renée Lauwers], Flemish author (Seed in the Wind) 

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