Page 5: Historical Events In March - 08
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1919 Auguste Tolbecque, composer, dies at 88. 

1920 Denmark and Cuba join the League of Nations. 

1920 The management of the Grand Trunk Pacific is entrusted to the Board of Directors appointed for the Canadian National Railways. 

1920 Eileen Herlie, Glasgow Scot, actress (Myrtle Fargate-All My Children). 

1920 Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 

1921 Spanish Premier Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid. 

1921 Cyd Charisse, [Tula Finklea], Amarillo Tx, dancer/actress (East Side) 

1922 Carl Furillo, Brooklyn Dodger (NL Batting Champ 1953). 

1923 Juan M G "Wancho" Evertsz, premier of Dutch Antilles (NVP, 1973-77). 

1923 Johannes S van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910), dies at 85 

1924 Coal mine explosion results in the deaths of 171 at Castle Gate UT 

1924 Coal mine explosion results in the deaths of 171 at Castle Gate Utah 

1924 Sean McClory, Dublin Ireland, actor (Jack-Californians, My Chauffeur). 

1925 Darwin Horacio Vargas-Wallis, composer 

1927 Pan American Airlines incorporates 

1927 Jaromir Podesva, composer 

1928 Frank Michael Beyer, composer 

1929 US worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia. 

1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 

1930 In this year, Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India 

1930 William Howard Taft, 27th US pres (1909-13)/Chief Justice, dies at 72. 

1931 Clara Kathleen Rogers, composer, dies at 87. 

1932 Jan de Louter, Dutch lawyer/tutor of Queen Wilhelmina, dies at 84 

1934 Edwin Hubble photo shows as many galaxies as Milky Way has stars. 

1936 The inaugural stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida 

1937 Albert Verwey, Dutch poet/literature historian (Motion), dies at 71. 

1939 Lenore Coffee and William Joyce Cowan's "Family Portrait," premieres. 

1941 1st baseball player drafted into WW II (Hugh Mulcahy, Phillies). 

1941 Jose Serrano Simeon, composer, dies at 67 

1942 inaugural Japanese landings in New Guinea 

1942 Japanese forces captures Rangoon Burma 

1942 KNIL, Dutch colonial army on Java, surrenders to Japanese armies 

1942 Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53. 

1943 335 allied bombers attack Neurenberg 

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