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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Mar 30 Jan B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov) 
Mar 31 Erich Walter Sternberg, composer
Apr 01 London-Paris telephone connection opens.
Apr 02 Max Ernst, German painter is born
Apr 02 Max Ernst, Germany, painter/sculptor (founded surrealism).
Apr 06 J Palisa discovers asteroid #309 Fraternitas.
Apr 07 Nebraska introduces 8 hour work day.
Apr 07 Nebraska introduces the 8 hour work day
Apr 07 Phineas T Barnum, US circus promoter (B and Bailey), dies at 88.
Apr 07 PT Barnum circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at 80.
Apr 09 John Gobau, Flemish/Dutch actor (Electricity, Hostage Rights)
Apr 10 Tim McCoy, Saginaw MI
Apr 11 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
Apr 11 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumour spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
Apr 14 B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956)
Apr 15 Alvin Carter, Virginia, vocalist (Carter Family)
Apr 15 Stephen Albert Emery, composer, dies at 49
Apr 17 Jules Eugene Abraham Alary, composer, dies at 77
Apr 19 Francoise Rosay, Paris, actress (Interlude, Women in Prison, Saraband)
Apr 22 Belle Bennett, Milcoon Rapids IA, actress (Stella Dallas, Iron Mask)
Apr 23 Jews are expelled from Moscow Russia.
Apr 23 Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Ukraine, composer (Peter and the Wolf).
Apr 24 Count Helmuth K B von Moltke, Prussian gen/fieldmarshal, dies.
Apr 24 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Final Problem"
Apr 25 Pres Benjamin Harrison visits SF
Apr 27 Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, composer
Apr 29 In Vancouver BC the Canadian Pacific Ltd. steamship Empress of India arrives in Vancouver from Yokohama to open regular service to the Far East; breaks record Pacific crossing by two days
Apr 30 Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Swart mar leaflik).
May 01 Cy Young pitches 1st game played in Cleveland's League Park Cleveland Spiders 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 3.
May 04 Frederick Jacobi, composer
May 04 Sherlock Holmes, "dies" at Reichenbach Falls.
May 05 Carnegie Hall opens in NYC with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
May 05 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in NY, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor
May 05 New York City was the site of the dedication of a building called the Music Hall. The structure is not called the Music Hall anymore, it is called Carnegie Hall, named in honor of Andrew Carnegie
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