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April 24, 1926

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Notable Births

1926Marilyn Erskine, American actress[†]

Marilyn Erskine is an American actress who started performing at the age of three on radio, and has since appeared in radio, theater, film and television roles from the 1920s through the 1970s.

Thorbjörn Fälldin

1926Thorbjörn Fälldin, Swedish farmer and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Sweden (died 2016)[†]

Nils Olof Thorbjörn Fälldin was a Swedish politician and farmer who served as the prime minister of Sweden from 1976 to 1978 and again from 1979 to 1982, heading three non-consecutive cabinets. He was the leader of the Swedish Centre Party from 1971 to 1985.

Historical Events

1926The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.[†]

The Treaty of Berlin was a treaty signed on 24 April 1926 under which Germany and the Soviet Union pledged neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for five years. The treaty reaffirmed the German–Soviet Treaty of Rapallo (1922).