Page 5: Historical Events In October - 03
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1930 Charles LP "Philip" Zilcken, painter/etcher/author (Bauer), dies at 73. 

1931 Glenn Hall, National Hockey League goaltender. 

1931 Carl August Nielsen, composer, dies at 66 

1932 Iraq gains full independence from Britain, joins League of Nations 

1933 Gustave "Staf" de Clerq forms Flemish National Covenant. 

1933 Neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959) 

1934 Benjamin Boretz, composer 

1935 Italy invades Ethiopia 

1935 Abdon Pamich, Italy, 50K walker (Olympic-gold-1964). 

1936 Yanks set new attendance record of 64842 in 3rd game of World Series 

1936 Steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is). 

1937 Boldizsar Csiky, composer 

1939 Lemmer-Urk Dike closes. 

1940 Anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government. 

1940 France Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status. 

1941 Chubby Checker, American rock singer is born. 

1941 Adolf Hitler says Russia is "broken" and would "never rise again" 

1941 Wilhelm Kienzl, Austria composer (Kuhreigen), dies at 84. 

1942 Launch of the inaugural A-4/V-2 rocket to altitude of 53 miles (85 km). 

1942 FDR forms Office of Economic Stabilization. 

1943 British 8th army lands at Termoli, East Italy 

1944 1st broadcast of Radio Herrijzend Netherland 

1945 World Federation of Trade Unions formed; CIO a member. 

1945 Elvis Presley's 1st public appearance, he is 10. 

1946 Cards beat Dodgers 8-4 at Ebbets Field to win NL playoffs 2-0 

1947 inaugural telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed. 

1947 "Under the Counter" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 27 performances 

1948 Columbia U reports discovery of uranium in Belgian Congo. 

1949 WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta 

1950 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah). 

1951 Battle of Maryang-San, Korea starts. 

1951 Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 (HS-1), inaugural of its kind in the Navy, was established at NAS Key West, Fla. 

1951 Bobby Thomson HR-Giants win pennant defeating Dodgers 

1952 Britain tests its inaugural atomic bomb, on an island off the coast of Australia. 

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