Page 8: Historical Events In March - 07
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1939 Germany and Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis. 

1939 Glamour magazine begins publishing 

1939 Guy Lombardo and Royal Canadians inaugural record "Auld Lang Syne". 

1939 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians record their signature tune, Auld Lang Syne, for Decca Records; Lombardo born in London, Ontario. 

1939 Amadeo Roldan, composer, dies at 38 

1940 The Lodz ghetto is sealed. 165000 people in 1.6 square miles 

1940 Winston Churchill is recorded as becoming PM of Britain. 

1940 Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home 

1941 3rd largest snowfall in New York NY history (18.1"). 

1941 50000 British soldiers land in Greece but do not stay long 

1941 British House of Commons votes for Churchill (477-3) 

1941 British troops invade Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 

1941 Cornerstone of Bank of America building at 300 Montgomery laid 

1941 Glenn Miller records "Chattanooga Choo Choo" for RCA 

1941 3rd largest snowfall in NYC history (18.1"). 

1941 Arnold Schering, German musicologist, dies at 63 

1942 15 Mk-VB Spitfires reach Malta. 

1942 Battle of Coral Sea ends stopping Japanese expansion. 

1942 Nazi decree orders all Jewish pregnant women of Kovno Ghetto executed. 

1942 The inaugural cadets graduated from flying school at Tuskegee. 

1943 British 11th Huzaren occupies Tunis Tunisia. 

1943 Dutch men 18-35 obliged to report to labor camps 

1943 General-Major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia 

1943 Liberty Ship George Washington Carver, named after scientist, launched. 

1943 Navy representatives witnessed landing trials of the XR-4 helicopter aboard the merchant tanker Bunker. 

1943 US 9th Infantry division occupies Bizerta/Bensert Tunisia 

1943 US inaugural Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia 

1943 Gen-major Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif Tunisia. 

1944 German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia. 

1944 HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed 

1944 Japans begins offensive in Burma. 

1945 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League 

1945 Cologne taken by allied armies 

1945 Formal undertaking of complete German surrender 

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