Discover what happened on 24 March 1946 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
- Willi Bloedorn (German politician (1887-1946))
- Leo Polsenaere
- Georges Detilleux (spiritual director)
- Hermine Van Geyte
- Zorka Janů (Czech actress (1921–1946))
- Willi Bloedorn (German politician (1887-1946))
- Gustave Jéquier (Swiss egyptologist (1868-1946))
- Alexander Alekhine (Russian-French chess player (1892–1946))
- Carl Schuhmann (German athlete (1869-1946))
- Bracha Fuld (Jewish resistance fighter)
- Adolf Peter (Austrian politician (1888-1946))
- Charles F. Hurley (US politician (1893-1946))
- Barbu Știrbey (Romanian politician (1872–1946))
- Jean Abadie (French neurologist)
- Alois Jungwirth (Austrian politician (1884-1946))
- Ulysse Fabre (French politician (1879–1946))
- Vladimir Mikhailovich Vonlyarlyarsky
- Aleksey Vasilyevich Shcherbakov (Hero of the Soviet Union (1924-1946))
- Christian Jebe (sailor)
- Cornelio Saavedra Montt (Chilean politician)
- Leo B. Bozell (American advertising executive)
- Johan Järv (Estonian physician)
- Charles Fountaine (Royal Navy vice-admiral (1879-1946))
- William R. Dunn (American actor (1888-1946))
- Aline Friede
- Janet McCallum ((1881–1946), trade unionist and suffragette)
- Utako Hayashi (1865-1946 educator)
- Josef Straka (Austrian painter (1864-1946))
- Elsie Madeline Seton ((died 1946))
- Reginald Horace Walpole ((1875-1946))
- Charles R. Gay (American banker)
- Charles Woodard Atwater (lawyer and diplomat)
- Franz Gaudeck
- Albert Weil
- Tomáš Kubíček
- Léonce de Villeneuve (French canon, archaeologist and paleontologist)
- Leo Polsenaere
- Georges Detilleux (spiritual director)
- Hermine Van Geyte
- Georges Detilleux (spiritual director)
- Hermine Van Geyte