Page 3: Historical Events In September - 26
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1887 Antonio Moreno, Madrid Spain, actor/director (It, Careers). 

1888 T.S Eliot, Poet and playwright is born 

1888 T S Eliot, St Louis poet/dramatist/critic (Waste Land-Nobel 1948) 

1889 Martin Heidegger, Germany, Existentialist (Being and Time) 

1890 US formally ends minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3. piece 

1890 US formally ends minting $1 and $3 gold coin and 3 cent piece. 

1891 Alfred Plane, US sharp shooter (Olympic-gold-1912, 20) 

1892 inaugural public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ) 

1892 1st public appearance of John Philip Sousa's band (NJ) 

1893 Milos Crnjanski, Serbian poet (Seobe). 

1894 Gladys Brockwell, Brooklyn NY, actress (Long Pants, Oliver Twist) 

1895 Italian general Oreste Baratieri lands in Massawa, Eritrea 

1895 Fay Holden, Birmingham England, actress (Mother-Andy Hardy films). 

1897 Pope Paul VI, [Giovanni Montini], 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78) 

1898 George Gershwin, composer born. 

1898 George Gershwin, American composer is born. 

1898 Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in NYC 

1898 George Gershwin, [Jacob Gershvin], Bkln, composer (Rhapsody in Blue) 

1901 Boer General Botha fails to capture Fort Itala in Natal. 

1901 Donald Cook, Portland Ore, actor (Too Young To Go Steady) 

1902 Umberto "Albert" Anastasia, US gangster (Murder Inc). 

1903 Gerhard Nebel, writer. 

1904 Charles Kleins "Music Master," premieres in NYC. 

1904 Lafcadio Hearn, author (Soul of the Great Ball), dies at 54 

1905 Emilio Navarro, Puerto Rican baseball player 

1906 Pitts Lefty Leifield no-hits Phillies, 8-0 in 6 inning game. 

1907 New Zealand is recorded as becoming a dominion. 

1907 NZ declares independence from UK 

1907 Anthony F Blunt, British historian/spy for USSR. 

1908 Ed Ruelbach shuts-out Dodgers in a doubleheader. 

1908 Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker 

1909 Helen Giuliani, mother of Rudy (Mayor-R-NYC, 1994-2002). 

1911 Jan F Hampe, pathologist-anatomy (Fabric and Stoflongen). 

1913 Ernst Schnabel, German sailor/dramatist (Anne Frank) 

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