Page 6: Historical Events In January - 18
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1933 White Sands National Monument, NM established. 

1934 Eugene O'Neill's "Days Without End," premieres in NYC 

1936 Rudyard Kipling, author (Gunga Din, Nobel 1907), dies at 70. 

1937 Future billionaire Howard Hughes sets a record for transcontinental air flight, making the trip from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes. 

1938 Bradman scores 104* for South Australia v NSW at the SCG. 

1939 South African wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* vs New South Wales. 

1939 SA wicketkeeper Bradman gets his 6th straight ton, 135* v NSW. 

1940 Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74. 

1942 Nazi's arrest Frans Goedhart and Wiardi Beckman. 

1943 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis. 

1943 Moscow announced the 16-month Nazi siege of Leningrad was lifted. 

1943 Presliced bread sale banned to reduce bakery demand for metal parts 

1943 Soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad. 

1943 Jews in Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis 

1944 The inaugural Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts. 

1944 The seige of Lenningrad, in the USSR, by the Germans ends after over two years 

1944 1st Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts. 

1945 Approximately 800 prisoners remaining in the Lodz Ghetto are liberated by Soviet troops, after 74600 have been deported to Auschwitz. 

1945 Warsaw freed by Soviet army 

1947 Small river steamer sank on Yangtze River, results in the deaths of 400. 

1947 "Red Mill" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 831 performances 

1948 Ted Mack's "Original Amateur Hour" begins, DuMont (later NBC/ABC/CBS). 

1948 1st courses begin at University of Ibadan, Nigeria 

1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont) 

1949 South African Reverend Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer 

1950 Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London 

1951 Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against German Democratic Republic". 

1951 The inaugural use of lie detector in Netherlands 

1951 1st use of lie detector in Netherlands 

1951 Robert Mark, US chairman (Caste World Congress), dies at 41 

1953 In this year, Louise Suggs claims LPGA Tampa Golf Open 

1954 Fanfani forms Italian government. 

1954 Fanfani forms Italian govt. 

1954 Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 

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