Page 6: Historical Events In December - 07
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
1959 "Saratoga" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 80 performances 

1960 In this year, Ivory Coast claims independence from France 

1962 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 

1962 Kirsten Flagstead, Norwegian soprano (Wagner), dies at 67. 

1963 Ian Meckiff no-balled for throwing against the South Africans 

1964 George Harrison changes his company's name from Mornyork to Harrisongs. 

1965 Chevrolet produced its three-millionth car for the year. It was the inaugural time Chevrolet had produced an annual total surpassing three million vehicles 

1965 Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of the 2 churches in 1054 

1965 Pope Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054 

1966 A fire at an army barracks in Erzurum, Turkey results in the deaths of 68 people. 

1967 "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 perfs. 

1967 House Peters, silent film actor (Kansas Territory), dies at 87. 

1968 Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2 launched into Earth orbit 

1968 Richard Dodd returns a library book his great grandfather took out in 1823. 

1968 M Dodd returns a library books his Great grandfather took out in 1923. 

1969 Eric Portman, actor (Naked Edge), dies from heart ailment at 66 

1970 The Canadian Royal Commission on the Status of Women released its report calling for legal reforms. 

1970 Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma. 

1970 Rube Goldberg, US cartoonist (Mike and Ike, Pulitzer 1948), dies at 87. 

1971 Wings release their inaugural album "Wild Life" 

1971 "Wild and Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC 

1971 Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 

1972 Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched 

1972 Phillippine inaugural lady Imelda Marcos stabbed and wounded by an assailant. 

1972 Adrian J Zoetmulder, author (God's Hour), dies at 91 

1973 Wings release "Band on the Run". 

1975 Canadian skier Ken Read is the inaugural Canadian to win a World Cup event, a downhill racve at Val D'Isere, France. 

1975 Hardie Albright, actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter), dies at 71. 

1976 UN Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term. 

1977 Islander Billy Smith's 10th shut-out opponent-Black Hawks 4-0. 

1977 Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies 

1979 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, 1st woman full prof at Harvard U, dies. 

1980 Darby Crash, rocker, dies at 22. 

1982 Charlie Brooks Jr, convicted murderer became 1st US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas. 

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