Page 5: Historical Events In October - 30
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1924 Hannelore Weygrand, German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956) 

1925 KUT-AM in Austin TX begins radio transmissions. 

1925 Gus Savage, (Rep-D-IL, 1981- ). 

1928 Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, composer, dies at 55. 

1929 The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany 

1930 Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship. 

1931 W2XB TV channel 1 in NYC, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting 

1932 Paul S Methuen, English baron/fieldmarshal/gov of Natal, dies at 87 

1935 Michael Winner, American director is born 

1936 Teddy Wynyard, cricketer (three Tests for England 1896-1906), dies 

1938 Orson Welles stirred nationwide panic with his "War of the Worlds" radio hoax 

1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds". 

1939 USSR and Germany agree on partitioning Poland. 

1939 USSR and Germany agree on partitioning Poland, Hitler deports Jews 

1940 HMS STURDY, lost west coast of Scotland, on Tiree Island - ran aground in fog and wrecked. 

1940 Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie," premieres in NYC. 

1941 USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though US is not in war. 

1942 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault 

1943 Italian director Federico Fellini marries actress Giulietta Masina. 

1944 Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen 

1944 Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Wash DC. 

1944 Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer, dies at 66 

1945 Henry Winkler, actor (Happy Days, the Fonz) born 

1945 US government announces end of shoe rationing 

1945 Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals. 

1947 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva. 

1948 20 die and 6000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania 

1949 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs. 

1950 David Diamond's 3rd Symphony, premieres. 

1951 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 

1952 Clarence Birdseye sells 1st frozen peas. 

1953 Dr Albert Schweitzer and Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize. 

1954 Defense Department announces elimination of all segregated regiments 

1955 Imtiaz Ahmed scores 209 v NZ, the record for a no 8 batsman 

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