Desmond Connell was an Irish cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland. Cardinal Connell was one of a number of senior clergy to have been heavily criticised for inaction, making misleading statements and covering up clerical sex abuse in Dublin. He died on 21 February 2017, aged 90.

1926Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)^[†]

Dario Luigi Angelo Fo was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature. In his time he was "arguably the most widely performed contemporary playwright in world theatre". Much of his dramatic work depends on improvisation and comprises the recovery of "illegitimate" forms of theatre, such as those performed by giullari and, more famously, the ancient Italian style of commedia dell'arte.

1926William Porter, American hurdler (died 2000)^[†]

William "Bill" Franklin Porter III was an American track and field athlete, gold medal winner of the 110-meter hurdles at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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1926Phan Châu Trinh, Vietnamese activist (born 1872)^[†]

Phan Châu Trinh, courtesy name Tử Cán (梓幹), pen name Tây Hồ (西湖) or Hi Mã (希馬), was an early 20th-century Vietnamese nationalist and reformer. He sought to end France's colonial occupation of Vietnam. His method of ending French colonial rule over Vietnam had opposed both violence and turning to other countries for support, and instead believed in attaining Vietnamese liberation by educating the population and by appealing to French democratic principles.

Headlines from March 24, 1926

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COOLIDGE IGNORES HOUGHTON FUROR; President, Unruffled After the Senate Attack, Indicates There Will Be No Change in Policy. WILL JOIN IN ARMS PARLEY But We Will Not Interpret Our World Court Reservations for the League. COOLIDGE IGNORES HOUGHTON FURORE By RICHARD V. OULAHAN.

COMMONS DEBATE HEATED; Lloyd George Leads in Attack on Harassed Foreign Secretary.

THROUGH THE WILDS OF ALASKA BY SLED FOR A POLAR STORY; Times Expedition of Two Men and a Wireless Outfit Reports Progress.

COWAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING GIRL; Blind Prisoner is Unmoved as Jury Returns First-Degree Verdict After Five Hours. TO BE SENTENCED MONDAY Defense Argues Intoxication Barred Premeditation -- Kopff Rules Out Sympathy. COWAN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING GIRL

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