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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1894 Martinus Nijhoff, founder Nijhoff's book publisher (Van Dale), dies 
1895 The inaugural round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
1895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months).
1895 Andre Cournand, physician
1896 F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist is born
1896 F Scott Fitzgerald, St Paul Minn, author (Great Gatsby).
1896 Francis SK Fitzgerald, US writer (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies
1897 A new double track steel arch bridge is completed by the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company and the Niagara Falls International Bridge Company. The upper floor of the new structure is leased to the Grand Trunk Railway.
1898 Charlotte D baroness of Pallandt, Dutch sculptress
1898 Bartel Wilton, ship builder, dies at 70
1899 Eduardo Hernandez Moncada, composer.
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Red Circle" (BG).
1902 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle" (BG).
1902 Cheryl Crawford, producer (Touch of Venus, Brigadoon)
1903 Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier.
1904 Cemal Resit Rey, composer
1906 St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game.
1906 Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor (Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong)
1907 Pierre Moulaert, composer.
1908 Robert B Rhoads is recorded as becoming 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1
1910 Cao Yu, dramatist
1910 Rudolf Dellinger, composer, dies at 53.
1911 Konstantin Chernenko, USSR leader.
1912 Don Porter, Miami Okla, actor (Russ Lawrence-Gidget, Ann Sothern Show)
1914 Andrzej Panufnik, Warsaw Poland, composer (Tragic Overture).
1915 Larry Gates, St Paul Minn, actor (Guiding Light, Body Snatchers).
1916 Indians Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam.
1916 John Lapsley, British air marshal
1917 Colin Cowe, senior bursar (Magdalen College Oxford).
1918 Audra Lindley, LA Calif, actress (Helen Roper-3's Company, Ropers).
1919 Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey.
1919 Dayton Allen, NYC, comedian (Steve Allen Show).
1919 Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies
1921 Jim McKay, Phila Pa, sportscaster (ABC's Wide World of Sports)
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