Page 6: Historical Events In September - 28
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1928 Juan de la Cierva makes inaugural helicopter flight over English Channel. 

1928 1st recording session in Nashville (Warmack's Gully Jumpers) 

1928 Con Conrad, dies 

1929 The Hudson Bay Railway reaches its northern terminus at Churchill, Manitoba. This was originally operated by Canadian National on behalf of the Government. It became part of the CN system on September 5, 1951. 

1929 1st CF interception return for a touchdown (Joe Hess-U of Alberta). 

1930 Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games. 

1931 Peking (200000 demonstrators demand declaration of war on Japan) 

1932 1932 Baseball World Series opens with the Chicago Cubs vs. NY Yankees (6-12) 

1933 Greer Garson wed Edward Snelson 

1934 Brigit Bardot, French born film actress is born. 

1934 The Cunard-White Star Queen Mary launched at Clydebank 

1936 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am) 

1937 FDR dedicates Bonneville Dam on Columbia River (Oregon). 

1938 Clare Boothe's "Boys Goodbye," premieres in NYC. 

1939 Estonia accepts Soviet military bases. 

1939 Felicjan Szopski, composer, dies at 74 

1940 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns 

1941 Phillies lose club record 111th game 

1942 Luftwaffe bombs Stalingrad. 

1942 Evelyn Thatcher, dies. 

1943 Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in S Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies 

1944 Battle of Arnhem, Germans defeat British airborne in Netherlands. 

1944 inaugural TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise) 

1944 Marines occupy islands in Palaus under cover of naval aircraft and gunfire support 

1944 1st TV Musical comedy (The Boys from Boise). 

1946 Jean Van de Eeckhoudt, Belgian painter, dies. 

1947 Francisco Santiago, composer, dies at 58. 

1948 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting. 

1948 EJ Ratcliffe, dies 

1950 3 RAR arrives in Korea. 

1952 Paul Hastings Allen, composer, dies at 68. 

1953 Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 

1954 Bert Lytell, actor (Henry-One Man's Family), dies at 69 

1955 Arthur Donaldson, dies 

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