Page 7: Historical Events In March - 17
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1933 Penelope Lively, British Novelist is born 

1933 Ferdinand Von Alten, actor (Champagne), dies at 48. 

1934 Dollfuss, Mussolini and Gombos sign Donau Pact (protocols of Rome). 

1935 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa call sign is given to KWCR. 

1938 Rudolf Nureyev, World renowned Russian ballet dancer is born. 

1939 Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out 

1941 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC opens 

1941 National Gallery of Art, Wash DC opens. 

1941 Isaak E Babel, writer, dies at 46. 

1942 Belzec Concentration Camp opens-30000 Lublin Polish Jews transported. 

1942 Extermination begins at Belzec. 

1942 General Doug MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander 

1943 The ships, Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed and sink. 

1943 Aldemarin (Ned) and Fort Cedar Lake (US) torpedoed and sinks. 

1944 Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke 

1945 Allied ships bomb North-Sumatra 

1945 American forces defeat the Japanese at the battle of Iwo Jima. 

1945 HMCS Guysborough torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay 

1949 Felix Bressart, actor (Escape, Ninotchka, Iceland), dies at 54. 

1950 Belgian government of Eyskens steps down. 

1950 Element 98 (Californium) announced 

1950 Belgian govt of Eyskens steps down. 

1951 Government of Drees takes power. 

1951 Govt of Drees takes power 

1953 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 

1953 Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2475M. 

1953 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73. 

1954 Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88. 

1956 8th Emmy Awards Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball. 

1956 Fred Allen, comedian (Fred Allen Radio Show), dies at 61. 

1956 8th Emmy Awards: Ed Sullivan Show, Phil Silvers Show and Lucy Ball 

1957 Dutch ban on Sunday driving lifted 

1957 Ramon Magsaysay, President of Philippines dies in a plane crash 

1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd US), measures Earth shape 

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