Page 6: Historical Events In March - 01
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1903 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist (In a Mist). 

1904 England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs Australia 

1904 Glenn Miller a great bandleader was born. 

1904 Glenn Miller, American bandleader is born. 

1904 England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia. 

1904 Glenn Miller, bandleader (Glenn Miller Orchestra-In the Mood) 

1905 Pol le Roy, Flemish author/novelist/writer (Stroom). 

1907 Lois Moran, Pitts, actress (Mom-Waterfront) 

1909 1st US university school of nursing established, Univ of Minn. 

1909 David Niven, Kirriemuir Scotland, actor (Casino Royale). 

1910 (James) David (Graham) Niven Academy Award-winning actor was born. 

1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range 118 die; Worst snowslide in US history 

1910 David Niven, Scottish actor is born. 

1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in US history. 

1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range: 118 die; Worst snowslide in US history. 

1910 China plague in China killing 40000 people 

1911 Harry Golombek, chess grandmaster 

1911 Jacobus H van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist/physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 58. 

1912 Albert Berry makes the inaugural parachute jump from an airplane. 

1912 Isabella Goodwin, 1the inaugural US woman detective, appointed, New York NY 

1912 Albert Berry makes 1st parachute jump from an airplane. 

1913 Federal income tax takes effect (16th amendment) 

1913 State law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, North Dakota. 

1913 1st state law requiring bonding of officers and state employees, ND 

1913 Helmut Erich Robert Gernsheim, photogrpaher/collector. 

1914 Dutch Minister of war H Colijn named director of British Petroleum 

1914 Archibald J Gumede, S Afr ANC member/chairman (UDF). 

1914 Tor Bernhard Vilhelm Aulin, composer, dies at 47. 

1915 Encephalitis lethargica pandemic in Worldwide killing 1.5 million people. 

1916 Germany begins attacking ships in the Atlantic 

1917 Firt federal land bank chartered. 

1917 IN Edmonton Alberta the Alberta Provincial Police Force is founded later duties are taken over by the RCMP in rural areas 

1917 1st federal land bank chartered. 

1917 Dinah Shore, Winchester Tenn, singer (See the USA in a Chevrolet) 

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