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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1934 Fokker F18 Snip flies to Neth West Indies 
1934 Maggis Lena Walker, 1st US (black) woman to head a bank, dies at 69.
1935 Detroit Lions win NFL championship.
1936 KVL-AM in Seattle Wash changes call letters to KEEN (now KING)
1937 John [Thomas] Sladek, US, sci-fi author (Tik-Tok, Bugs).
1938 Groundbreaking begins for Jefferson Memorial in Wash DC.
1939 In Seaford, Delaware, Nylon commercially produced for the inaugural time.
1939 The commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware
1939 The world premiere of the movie Gone With the Wind is held in Atlanta, GA.
1939 World premiere of "Gone With The Wind" in Atlanta GA
1939 "Gone With the Wind" premieres in Atlanta
1939 Tom McKibbin, cricketer (5 Tests for Aust 1895-1898, 17 wkts), dies.
1941 A musical standard was recorded this day on Victor Records. Lena Horne sang the torch classic that became her signature Stormy Weather.
1941 USS Swordfish is recorded as becoming inaugural US sub to sink a Japanese ship
1941 Gas/electrical use restricted in Holland.
1941 A musical standard was recorded this day on Victor Records. Lena Horne sang the torch classic that became her signature: Stormy Weather.
1942 Massachusetts issues inaugural US vehicular license plate tabs
1942 The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities issued the inaugural plastic license-plate tabs
1942 Massachusetts issues 1st US vehicular license plate tabs
1943 Thomas W "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 39 in KC Missouri
1944 A single-engine plane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller vanishes over the English Channel while en route to Paris
1944 Glenn Miller presumed dead after his plane disappeared over the English Channel.
1944 Bandleader, Major Glenn Miller, lost over English Channel
1944 Glenn Miller, US band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40
1945 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest
1946 Chic Bears beat NY Giants 24-14 in NFL championship game.
1946 Conrad Haebler, historian (Hundert Kalenderinkunabeln), dies at 89.
1948 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury
1948 Former state dept official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury.
1949 Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris.
1950 NYC's Port Authority opens
1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
1950 Robert Muller-Hartmann, composer, dies at 66.
1951 Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75
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