Page 6: Historical Events In March - 31
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1928 Gustave Ador, president of Austria (1919), dies at 82 

1929 Aviators Kingsford Smith, Ulm, Litchfield and McWilliam leave Sydney for England in Southern Cross; they were forced down in northwest Australia and lost until April 12) 

1929 Lee Patterson, Vancouver BC, actor (Dave-Surfside Six, Another World) 

1930 The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in film for the next thirty eight years. 

1931 in Nicaragua a 5.6 earthquake occurred 2450 dead. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes 

1931 The great Knute Rockne died in a plane crash. 

1931 Miller Barber, Shreveport LA, PGA golfer (1968 Byron Nelson Classic). 

1931 Knute Rockne, football player/coach, dies in a plane crash at 43. 

1932 150 wild swans die in Niagara waterfall 

1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine 

1932 Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer (S African fast bowler, 8-53 v NZ 1961) 

1933 Congress authorizes Civilian Conservation Corps. 

1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler 

1933 1st newspaper published on pine pulp paper, "Soperton News" (Ga). 

1934 Netherlands Indies BC Ltd begins radio transmission (Indonesia). 

1934 Franz Ehrle, German jesuit/head of Vatican library, dies at 88 

1935 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49). 

1938 Willem J T Kloos, Dutch poet/critic (New Guide), dies at 78 

1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if Germany takes any action against it 

1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany (and so it begins) 

1939 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany. 

1940 Karelo-Finnish SSR is recorded as becoming 12th Soviet republic (until 1956). 

1941 Germany begins a counter offensive in Africa. 

1941 Ground broken for Union Square Garage, San Francisco. 

1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" opens on Broadway 

1943 Christopher Walken, american actor is born. 

1943 US errantly bombs Rotterdam, results in the deaths of 326. 

1944 Hungary orders all Jews to wear yellow stars. 

1944 Mineichi Koga, admiral of Japanese fleet, dies 

1945 3rd Algerian division crosses the Rhine 

1945 Sicherheitsdienst murders 10 political prisoners in Zutphen 

1945 Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie", premieres in New York NY. 

1945 US artillery lands on Keise Shima/begins firing on Okinawa 

1945 Hans Fischer, German physicist (Nobel 1930), dies at 63. 

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