Page 5: Historical Events In November - 03
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1914 Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27. 

1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainty over Qatar 

1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar 

1917 inaugural class mail now costs $0.03 

1917 Conor Cruise O'Brien, Irish writer is born 

1917 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce. 

1918 Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves. 

1918 Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I. 

1918 Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves 

1918 Bob Feller, pitcher (Cleve Indian, 3 no-hitters). 

1919 Bert Freed, NYC, actor (Rufe-Shane) 

1920 "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater. 

1921 Actor Charles Bronson born 

1921 Charles Bronson, American actor is born. 

1921 Charles Bronson, American actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, Dirty Dozen). 

1922 Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life 

1922 Earl of Lonsdale, English large landowner/multi-millionaire 

1924 Shirley Chisholm, (D-Rep-NY), 1st black congresswoman/pres candidate 

1925 Dieter Wellershoff, German author (Minotaur). 

1926 15th party congress CPSU ends/5 year plan begins 

1926 Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania 

1926 Annie Oakley, US sharp shooting star, dies at 66 

1927 Tropical storm flooding results in the deaths of 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt). 

1927 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record) 

1927 Zbigniew Cybulski, Pniarz Poland, actor (See You Tommorrow) 

1928 Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet 

1930 Bank of Italy is recorded as becoming Bank of America 

1930 The Detroit-Windsor traffic tunnel opens lining the Canadian and American cities 

1930 1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens 

1930 Ken Berry, Moline Ill, actor (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family) 

1931 inaugural commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured. 

1931 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured. 

1931 Rudolf W Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske), dies at 60. 

1934 In this year, Although Lou Gehrig claims Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane claims AL MVP. 

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