Page 6: Historical Events In November - 03
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1935 George II returns to Greece and regains monarchy. 

1936 In this year, President FDR claims landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R) 

1936 In this year, President FDR (D) claims landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R). 

1936 Filip Lazar, composer, dies at 42. 

1937 Archambaud bicycles world record time (45796 km) 

1939 Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in NYC 

1941 Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails. 

1942 Battle of El Alamein ends in the North African desert in WWII 

1942 William L Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago 

1942 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault. 

1942 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64. 

1943 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow 

1944 Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren 

1945 Lindsay Hassett scores 187 and 124* for Aust Services at Delhi 

1945 Alessandro Longo, composer, dies at 80 

1946 Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution 

1948 2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago. 

1949 Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88. 

1952 Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas. 

1953 inaugural live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC). 

1954 In this year, Linus Pauling claims Nobel Chemistry Prize 

1954 Adam Ant, British Singer/songwriter is born 

1954 Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84 

1955 Alabama woman bruised by a meteor 

1955 Australia takes control of the Cocos Islands 

1956 "Wizard of Oz" inaugural televised (CBS-TV). 

1957 Russians launch a dog named Laika into space, the inaugural living creature to leave the earth. 

1957 The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with a dog name Laika. 

1957 Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60. 

1958 Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies. 

1959 Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83. 

1960 Willard Libby is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for inventing carbon-14 dating. 

1962 Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69. 

1964 LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for President 

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