Page 2: Historical Events In 1912
Monday, 02 February 2026
Jan 20 Christopher Casson, Irish actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita). 


Jan 21 Konrad Bloch, Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964) 


Jan 23 Ank van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy) 


Jan 23 The Aermore Manufacturing Company, a Chicago concern, received a patent for the Aermore Exhaust Horn, a multiple-pipe horn powered by engine exhaust that played a chord like a church organ 


Jan 23 The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague. 


Jan 24 Ken Weekes, cricketer (WI batsman v England 1939, 137 at The Oval) 


Jan 25 Lucius E Burch Jr, US lawyer/civil rights leader. 


Jan 26 Cora Baird, NYC, puppeteer (Kukla, Fran and Ollie) 


Jan 27 Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling, Indian/British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet). 


Jan 28 Jackson Pollock, American painter is born. 


Jan 28 Jackson Pollock, Cody Wyoming, expressionist painter (Lavender Mist). 


Jan 29 "Professor" Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc) 


Jan 29 Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54 


Jan 29 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence MA 


Jan 29 Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA 


Jan 30 Barbara Tuchman, US, historian/author (Pulitzer, Guns of August) 


Jan 31 In Prince William Sound, Alaska one of the Largest Earthquakes inthe United States measured at 7.0 


Feb 02 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty (stunt for Pathe). 


Feb 02 Frederick R Law, parachutes from Statue of Liberty. 


Feb 03 Jacques Soustelle, French minister of information 


Feb 04 Byron Nelson, Fort Worth Tx, PGA golfer (won 19 tournaments in 1945) 


Feb 05 Willard Parker, NYC, actor (Kiss Me Kate, What A Woman). 


Feb 06 Eva Braun, mistress (Adolph Hitler) 


Feb 07 Derek Farr, London, actor (8 O'Clock Walk, Doctor at Large). 


Feb 07 In this year, 2nd Dutch 11 city skate (Coen de Koenig claims (11:40). 


Feb 08 1st eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla. 


Feb 08 inaugural eastbound US transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville FL. 


Feb 08 Simon Jurovsky, composer 


Feb 09 Hubert William Dean, air armaments specialist 


Feb 09 US Tennis Assn amends rule taking bye away from defending champion 


Feb 10 Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG. 


Feb 10 Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, surgeon (pioneer of antiseptic), dies 


Feb 10 Lord Orr-Ewing. 


Feb 11 Roy Fuller, England, poet/novelist (Lost Season) 


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