Page 4: Historical Events In September - 26
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce 

1914 Jack LaLanne, exercise mogul (Juice Tiger). 

1916 Bishop speak against Catholics in trade unions. 

1917 British assault on Menin-street, France 

1917 Edgar H G Degas, French painter (ballerina), dies. 

1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany began during WW I. 

1918 Battle of the Argonne, final major battle of WW I 

1918 Humphrey van Loo, Dutch news director (ANP/Reuter). 

1919 US President Wilson hit by a heart attack. 

1919 Barbara Britton, Long Beach, Calif, actress (Young and Willing) 

1921 Yankee Ruth hits HRs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7. 

1922 Nicholas Romanov, French-born pretender to the Russian throne. 

1923 Stresemann Govt ends resistance against occupiers in Ruhrgebied. 

1923 Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer 

1925 Country singer Marty Robbins born. 

1925 Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead. 

1925 8th PGA Championship: Walter Hagen at Olympia Fields CC Matteson Ill 

1925 Bobby Shantz, baseball player (1952 AL MVP). 

1926 JB Fagan's "And So to Bed," premieres in London 

1926 Buland Al Haidary, poet. 

1927 St James Theater (Erlanger) opens at 246 W 44th St NYC. 

1927 Patrick O'Neal, Ocala Fla, actor (Kaz, Alvarez Kelly, King Rat). 

1928 Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor. 

1929 John Schrober is recorded as becoming chancellor of Austria. 

1929 Meredith C Gourdine, Newark NJ, long jumper (Olympic-silver-1952) 

1930 Fritz Wunderlich, Kusel Germany, tenor (Stuttgart 1955-58) 

1931 Earl Claus von Stauffenberg marries Freiin Nina von Lerchenfeld 

1931 Donald J Pease, (Rep-D-OH, 1977- ). 

1932 Clifton C Williams Jr, Mobile Alabama, Major USMC/astronaut. 

1933 Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White," premieres in NYC. 

1933 Clari Baruch, [Clara C de Lieme], actress (Man With White Flower) 

1934 British liner Queen Mary is launched. 

1934 Dick Heckstall-Smith, rocker (Alexis Korner Band) 

1935 Bob Barber, cricketer (dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68) 

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