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Sunday, 08 February 2026
Mar 28 Grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59. 
Mar 29 Turkey recognizes Israel.
Mar 30 Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
Mar 30 Riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in ReykjavÃk, when Iceland joined NATO
Mar 31 Newfoundland is recorded as becoming Canada's 10th province
Apr 01 Newfoundland is recorded as becoming the tenth province of Canada and the Newfoundland Railway is recorded as becoming part of the Canadian National system. This narrow gauge system had been operated by the island government since 1923.
Apr 03 Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89
Apr 03 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
Apr 03 North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by US, Britain, France and Canada
Apr 03 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
Apr 04 Establishment of NATO
Apr 04 Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement.
Apr 04 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC).
Apr 04 The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'NATO', formed in Washington USA.
Apr 04 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Apr 05 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, results in the deaths of 77 (Effingham IL)
Apr 05 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, results in the deaths of 77 (Effingham Ill)
Apr 06 Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies.
Apr 07 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1925 performances).
Apr 07 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances
Apr 07 The Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein musical classic of love and war," South Pacific", unfolded on a lush tropical island swarming with Seabees, nurses, natives and coconut trees on this night in 1949.
Apr 09 UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages.
Apr 10 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead claims, shooting a 282.
Apr 10 In this year, Sam Snead claims Masters golf tournament
Apr 13 3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2
Apr 13 C V France, dies at 80.
Apr 13 In the Puget Sound area, Washington region a 6.9 earthquake occured between Olympia and Tacoma, along the southern edge of Puget Sound. Property damage in Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma was estimated at $25 million; eight people were killed.
Apr 14 Joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist, dies at 68.
Apr 15 In this year, Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri.
Apr 15 Wallace Beery, US actor (The Champ), dies at 64
Apr 16 Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
Apr 16 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54
Apr 16 Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup
Apr 18 Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philosopher, dies
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