Page 8: Historical Events In April - 19
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1968 Tommy Bridges, US baseball pitcher (Detroit Tigers), dies at 61 

1969 "Oliver," Cliff Robertson and Katharine Hepburn win 51st Acadamy Awards 

1971 Sierra Leone is recorded as becoming a republic (Natl Day) 

1971 The Soviet Union launch the inaugural manned spacelab, Salyut 1 

1971 USSR Salyut 1 launched; inaugural manned lab in orbit 

1972 Bangladesh joins the British Commonwealth. 

1972 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson. 

1972 Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82 

1973 Barbra Striesand records "Between Yesterday and Tomorrow". 

1974 P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna and #2040 Chalonge 

1975 India launches inaugural satellite with help of USSR. 

1976 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2114 Wallenquist. 

1978 Yitzhak Navron elected 5th president of Israel 

1978 Emile de Strijker, Belgian philosopher, dies at 70 

1979 FCC raids and shuts down pirate radio station WFAT (Bkln NY) 

1979 J C Muzzio discovers asteroid #3666. 

1980 Ethel Wilson actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88. 

1980 Ethel Wilson, actress (Aunt Harriet-Aldrich Family), dies at 88. 

1981 Ernst Levy, composer, dies at 85. 

1982 In this year, Alberto Salazar claims the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51 

1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery. 

1982 Sally Ride announced as inaugural woman astronaut 

1982 USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit 

1982 In this year, Alberto Salazar claims the Boston Marathon in a record 2:8:51 

1983 Lorene Scott actress (Faraway Hill), dies at 74. 

1983 Jerzy Andrzejewski, writer (Ashes and Diamonds), dies at 73 

1984 A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3451 

1984 Nemesis, death star of dinosaurs inaugural appears in print (Nature mag) 

1985 16th Space Shuttle Mission (51-D)-Discovery 4 returns to Earth. 

1986 Alvin Childress actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78. 

1986 Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes for heavyweight boxing title. 

1986 Alvin Childress, actor (Amos-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 78 

1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed rec (124.902 mph) 

1987 Maxwell D Taylor US commander 101st airborne (WW II), dies at 85 

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