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Wednesday, 24 June 2026
1944 1st B-29 attacked by Japanese fighters, one fighter shot down. 
1945 Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, leader of France's Vichy collaborationist regime during WW II, arrested for treason.
1946 In this year, Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.
1946 Hermann Keyserling, count/philosopher (Unsterblichkeit), dies at 65
1947 "Bless the Bride" musical opens in London
1948 The XP-86 prototype for the Sabre Jet inaugural "officially" breaks the sound barrier. The inaugural operational F-86A Sabres entered service in May of the same year
1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
1951 Queen Juliana opens Brielsche Mausoleum
1951 John Alden Carpenter, US composer (Sea Drift), dies at 75
1952 US minesweeper "Hobson" rams aircraft carrier "Wasp," results in the deaths of 176.
1952 USS Hobson sinks after colliding with USS Wasp; 176 lives lost
1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
1952 Charles L Baars, Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59.
1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins.
1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva.
1956 Edward Arnold actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington), dies at 66.
1956 inaugural container ship left Port Newark, New Jersey for Houston, Texas
1957 Jamestown, Va 350th Anniversary Festival opens
1958 Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies.
1959 Cuba invades Panama
1960 Wander J de Haas, Dut physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82.
1961 Roger Maris' inaugural of 61 homers that year.
1961 French paratroopers' revolt suppressed in Algeria
1961 Gail Russell, actress (Calcutta, Moonrise, El Paso), dies at 36.
1962 US/UK launch Ariel; inaugural international payload.
1962 1st Lockheed A-12 flies
1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar unite to form Tanzania (Tanzanian Union Day)
1964 Tanzania formed with the merger of two countries
1964 18th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat SF Warriors, 4 games to 1
1964 Edwin John Pratt, Canadian poet (Towards the Last Spike), dies at 81.
1965 In Ottawa Ontario, the Federal budget includes 10% cut in personal income tax. (we don't see another for a long long long time).
1965 Ives' 4th Symphony premieres.
1965 Aaron Avshalomov, composer, dies at 70.
1966 Arnold "Red" Auerbach retires as Boston Celtic's coach
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