Page 6: Historical Events In March - 12
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1921 Giovanni Agnelli, CEO (Fiat Automakers). 

1924 Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet, inventor (rayon), dies. 

1925 British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement 

1925 Death of Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary leader 

1925 Gordon McRae, American actor is born 

1925 British govt of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement 

1925 Sun Yat-Sen, Chinese revolutionary president, dies at 58 

1926 Denmark begins unilateral disarmament 

1928 In California, the St. Francis Dam fails, killing over 600 people 

1930 Mahatma Gandhi began a march to the sea, his boldest act of civil disobedience yet against British rule in India 

1930 Mohandas Gandhi begins 200m (300km) march protesting British salt tax 

1932 The so-called "Swedish Match King", Ivar Kreuger, commits suicide in Paris, leaving behind a financial empire that turns out to be worthless. 

1932 Ivar Kreuger, "Swedish Match King" industrialist, commits suicide 

1933 FDR announces the "New Deal." 

1933 FDR conducts his inaugural "fireside chat" 

1933 FDR conducts his 1st "fireside chat" 

1934 Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail 

1934 Acting Pres Constantine Päts commits coup in Tallinn Estonia. 

1935 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages 

1937 Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor, French organist/composer, dies at 93 

1938 Germans enter Vienna, and 183000 Jews in Austria fall under Nazi control. Within one month, 500 Jews commit suicide 

1938 Nazi Germany invades Austria (Anschluss). 

1939 Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies 

1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WWII, giving up Karelische Isthmus 

1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 

1941 German occupiers confiscate AVRO studios in Netherlands 

1941 Charles Sanford Skilton, composer, dies at 72. 

1942 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal. 

1942 Brian O'Hara, Lead singer with the 'Fourmost' group is born 

1942 Enrique Morera, composer, dies at 76. 

1943 Soviet troops liberate Wjasma. 

1945 Italy's Communist Party (CPI) calls for armed uprising in Italy. 

1945 New York is the inaugural to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment 

1945 The British Empire celebrates its inaugural British Empire Day 

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