Page 6: Historical Events In March - 13
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1943 Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight. 

1943 Baseball approves official ball (with cork and balata) 

1944 USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio government 

1944 USSR recognizes Italian Badoglio govt. 

1945 Queen Wilhelmina returns to Netherlands. 

1945 Sicherheitsdienst arrest Dutch resistance fighter Henry Werkman. 

1945 Herbert Bedford, composer, dies at 78 

1946 Abraham Bredius, Dutch art historian (Rembrandt), dies at 90. 

1947 "Brigadoon" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 581 performances. 

1947 19th Academy Awards "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win. 

1947 19th Academy Awards: "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win. 

1948 10th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Baylor 58-42 

1949 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button. 

1949 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman 

1950 General Motors reports net earnings of $656434232 (record). 

1951 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms. 

1951 In this year, Israel formally claims DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany 

1951 2nd Dutch govt of Drees forms. 

1951 Alfred Hugenberg, German RC pres-dir of Krupp/media magnate, dies. 

1954 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron. 

1955 Bir BSD Mahendra succeeds Tribhubana as king of Nepal 

1955 Maharajadhiraja Tribhuvana Bir Bikram Yung Bahadur Shum Shere, dies 

1956 New Zealand bowl out West Indies for 77 at Eden Park to score their inaugural Test Cricket win. 

1956 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win 

1957 Bloody battles after anti-Batista demonstration in Havana Cuba. 

1957 Lena Ashwell, Engl actress/theatrical manager (Kingsway), dies at 84. 

1958 Govt troops land in Sumatra Indonesia 

1960 In this year, Fay Crocker claims LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 

1961 Elizabeth Gurley Finn (70) is recorded as becoming president of US Communist Party 

1961 Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 6 to retain heavyweight boxing title 

1961 JFK sets up the Alliance for Progress 

1961 Landslide in USSR, results in the deaths of 145. 

1961 Major-General Allard the inaugural Canadian to command a British army division 

1961 Old type, black and white notes cease to be legal tender. 

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