Page 4: Historical Events In March - 19
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1885 Louis Riel returns to Canada, proclaims provisional govt, Sask. 

1888 Josef Albers, German/US graphic artist/painter/writer (Bauhaus) 

1889 Manoel II, last king of Portugal (1908-10) 

1891 Earl Warren, Ca, (Gov-R-Ca)/14th supreme court chief justice (1953-69). 

1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England vs SA (Cape Town). 

1892 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng v SA (Cape Town). 

1892 Robert Denzler, composer 

1893 Karel Komzak, composer, dies at 69. 

1894 Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Brevard SC, comedienne (Merv Griffin Show) 

1895 Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service. 

1897 Yale defeated Penn, 30-10 in 1st major college basketball game. 

1897 Betty Compson, Beaver UT, actress (Millionaire Kid, Mad Youth) 

1897 Antoine T d'Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), dies at 87 

1898 USS Oregon departs San Francisco for 14000 mile trip around South America to join U.S. Squadron off Cuba 

1898 Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26. 

1900 Roy Roberts, Tampa Fla, actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show). 

1901 Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Dutch Min of Justice (Nobel 1954) 

1903 Benjamin M Telders, president of Dutch Liberal States Party 

1904 John J Sirica, US federal judge (Watergate hearings) 

1905 Albert Speer, German architect/minister of Armament (NSDAP). 

1905 Makar Grigori Ekmalyan, composer, dies at 49 

1906 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi", premieres in Munich. 

1906 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's "Quattro Rusteghi," premieres in Munich 

1906 Adolf Eichmann, Ruhr Germany, Nazi Gestapo officer 

1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch NV (state record) 

1907 18.8 cm precipitation at Lewer's Ranch, Nevada (state record). 

1907 Cor Treslem, [Cornelis L Melsert], actor/director (Willem van Oranje). 

1907 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US writer (Stillwater Tragedy), dies at 70. 

1909 Louis Hayward, Johannesburg S Africa, actor (Lone Wolf, Survivors) 

1910 Sergei Nikolayevich Anokhin, cosmonaut 

1911 Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman 

1912 Adolf Galland, fighter Pilot. 

1913 William Chatterton, cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892). 

1913 John Thomas, composer, dies at 87. 

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