Page 5: Historical Events In November - 08
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1923 Hitler stages unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" in Munchen (Munich). 

1923 Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense (1991 coup). 

1924 Austria chancellor Ignaz Seipel, steps down after assassination attempt 

1924 Joe Flynn, Youngstown Ohio, actor (McHale's Navy) 

1924 Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer, dies at 64 

1926 George Gershwin's musical "Oh, Kay," premieres in NYC. 

1927 Patti Page, [Clara Ann Fowler], Claremont Ok, singer (Tennessee Waltz) 

1928 George and Ira Gershwin's musical "Treasure Girl," premieres in NYC. 

1928 Mauritz Stiller, Swedish actor/director (Streets of sin), dies at 45 

1929 Jean Giraudoux' "Amphitryon '38," premieres in Paris. 

1929 Trevor McMahon, NZ cricket wicketkeeper (v India and Pak 1955-56). 

1930 Friedrich Wolf's "Die Matrosen von Cattaro," premieres in Berlin 

1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt (D) elected President for inaugural time. 

1932 Incumbent Herbert Hoover is defeated at the polls for the U.S. presidency by New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt 

1932 "Make Mine Music," debuts 

1933 FDR creates the Civil Works Administration 

1933 President Roosevelt creates the Civil Works Administration to find work for 4 million unemployed Americans. 

1933 FDR creates Civil Works Administration 

1933 Mohammed Nadir Shah, king of Afghanistan, assassin by Abdul Khallig 

1934 Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president 

1935 Alain Delon, French actor is born. 

1937 The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich 

1937 James Ramsay MacDonald, British PM (Lab, 1924, 29-35), dies at 71. 

1938 1st black woman legislator, Crystal Bird Fauset of Phila 

1939 Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Burgerbraukeller, Munich. 

1940 RAF bombs Munich 

1941 The Albanian Communist Party is founded. 

1941 Gaetano Mosca, Italian sociologist (Elite Circle), dies at 83 

1942 Operation "Torch" began as US and British forces land in French N Africa 

1942 U.S. forces land in French Africa with British naval and air units assisting. 

1942 WWII Operation Torch begins as U.S. and British forces land in French North Africa 

1942 Hitler proclaims fall of Stalingrad from Munich beer hall. 

1944 25000 Hungarian Jews are loaned to the Nazis for forced labor. 

1944 In this year, Roosevelt claims the U.S. Presidency for a fourth term. Democrats gain in the House 

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