Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 20
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1873 Adolfe louis eugene fetis: Composer, 

1874 Hans christian lumbye: Composer, 

1878 Julius robert von mayer: German physician and physicist (b. 1814) 

1887 Pavel annenkov: Russian literature historian, 

1890 Alexander f. mozhaiski: Aviation pioneer (b. 1825) 

1892 Arthor goring thomas: Composer, 

1894 Lajos kossuth: Hungarian freedom fighter/president (1849), 

1897 Apollon maykov: Russian poet (b. 1821) 

1899 Martha m place: Of bkln, becomes 1st woman to be executed in an electric chair. 

1910 Félix tournachon: [nadar], french writer/photographer, 

1911 Jean-theodore radoux: Composer, 

1913 Christian barnekow: Composer, 

1916 Ota benga: Congolese pygmy (b. 1884) 

1918 Lewis a. grant: American civil war general (b. 1828) 

1920 Venustiano carranza: President mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60 

1925 George n curzon: British foreign minister (1919-22), 

1928 Fred rogers: Childrens show (mr rogers neighborhood) 

1929 Ferdinand foch: Marshal of france (ww i), 

1931 Hermann müller: Chancellor of germany (b. 1876) 

1933 Giuseppe [joe] zangara: Electrocuted for assassination attempt on fdr 

1934 A emma w t von waldeck-pyrmont: Dutch queen (& regent), 

1936 Durant clifford parkin: Cricketer (tests for s afr 1891-92), 

1940 Alfred ploetz: German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860) 

1941 D a van den bosch: Anti-nazi clergyman (amersfoort camp), 

1942 Theodoro valcarcel: Composer, 

1944 Felix woyrsch: Composer, 

1947 Sigurd wallén: Swedish actor and filmdirector (b. 1884) 

1950 Walter eucken: German economist, 

1951 Jan ingenhoven: Composer, 

1953 Graciliano ramos: Brazilian author (vidas secas), 

1962 Andrew e douglass: Dendrochronologer (study of tree rings), 

1963 Karl otten: Writer, 

1964 Brendan behan: Irish writer/poet, 

1967 A j f moody: 1st us army general to die in vietnam 

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