Discover what happened on 24 January 1948 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Maria Mandel (Austrian Holocaust perpetrator (1912-1948))
- Maximilian Grabner (SS officer)
- Ludwig Plagge (SS officer (1910–1948))
- Karl Möckel (SS officer (1901-1948))
- Josef Kollmer (SS officer (1901-1948))
- Heinrich Josten (German supervisor of Auschwitz concentration camp)
- Franz Kraus (German war criminal (1903-1948))
- Bill Cody (American actor (1891-1948))
- Paul Götze (SS personnel (1903-1948))
- József Somogyi ((1898-1948))
- Georges de Manteyer (French historian, archivist and librarian (1867-1948))
- Chris Lanooy (Dutch ceramist (1881-1948))
- Fritz Buntrock (Holocaust perpetrator (1909-1948))
- Giuseppe Timoteo Giaccardo (Italian presbyter (1896-1948))
- Allan Powell (British politician)
- Charles Dudley Rhodes (Major General (1865-1948))
- David Burton (cricketer (1888-1948))
- Johannes Handschin (Swiss poster artist (1899-1948))
- Willie McCartney (Scottish football manager (1888-1948))
- Hans Schumacher
- Hermann Kirschner
- Wilhelm Gehring
- Herbert Paul Ludwig
- Kurt Hugo Müller (Nazi criminal (1909-1948))
- Otto Lätsch (German driver convicted of war crime (1905-1948))
- Paul Szczurek
- Walter Höijer
- Bronisław Peretjatkowicz (cavalry master of the Polish Army, equestrian)
- Kate Isitt (New Zealand journalist and writer (1876-1948))
- Mustafa Mümin Aksoy (Ottoman military officer and intelligence officer)
- Ida M. Curran (American journalist, newspaper editor)
- Henry McDaniel (American racehorse trainer)
- Julie Rosenberg
- Lauro Olivera Viera (Uruguayan composer)
- Varennes Baudet (French official (1873-1948))
- Robert T. Hinton (American football and basketball coach (1878–1948))