Page 7: Historical Events In December - 30
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1978 Ohio State dismisses Woody Hayes as its football coach 

1979 Rock group, Emerson, Lake and Palmer break up 

1979 Richard Rodgers, composer (Rogers and Hammerstein), dies at 77 

1980 NBC cancels The Wonderful World of Disney, the longest-running prime time TV show in history. Disney now owns the ABC TV network 

1981 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL record of 50 goals by 39th game of season 

1982 US Assay Office in New York City NY closes 

1984 Miss Elizabeth (Hulette) and Macho Man Randy Savage (Poffo) wed 

1985 IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released 

1985 President Zia of Pakistan ends martial law 

1986 US begins Military exercises in Honduras. 

1986 Jiri Jaroch, composer, dies at 66. 

1988 Canadian Senate OK's free trade pact; with US 

1988 Former Soviet President Brezhnev's son-in-law sentenced to 12-yr (bribery) 

1988 Mercedes-Benz pays $20.2-M fine failed to meet '86 government fuel standard. 

1988 North subpoenas Reagan and Bush as defense witnesses for upcoming trial. 

1988 The Yugoslavian government steps down over problems in Serbia 

1988 Yugoslav government steps down. 

1989 Madoline Thomas, actress (Girl in the Canal), dies. 

1992 Caesar [Caesar] Domela, painter/son of Ferdinand D Nieuwenhuis, dies. 

1993 Mack David, US songwriter (Bachelor in Paradise), dies at 81 

1994 Two are killed and five wounded when a gunman opens fire at two Boston area abortion clinics 

1994 US Army pilot Bobby Hall is free, some 13 days after his helicopter is downed (resulting in the death of his co-pilot David Hilemon) by North Korea. Dec 30, 1993 Israel and the Vatican agree to recognize each other. 

1994 Lloyd James Austin, french Scholar, dies at 79. 

1995 Heiner Muller, dramatist, dies at 66 

1996 Jack Nance, actor (Meatballs 4, Whore, Voodoo), murdered at 53. 

2006 Saddam Hussein, former Iraq president, is executed in Baghdad 

2006 The Free State Project completes its "inaugural 1000" pledge 

2006 The M/V Senopati Nusantara sinks in Indonesia with several hundred casualties 

2006 Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is hanged in Baghdad 

2008 Dick Green, Canadian actor 

2011 Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-born ceramic designer, dies at 105. 

2012 19 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Balochistan, Pakistan 

2018 Patrick Mahomes is recorded as becoming only the 2nd quarterback in NFL history to throw for 5000 yards and 50 touchdowns during KC Chiefs' 35-3 win over Oakland Raiders; achieves both marks with 3rd quarter 89-yard TD pass to Demarcus Robinson. 

2020 [COVID-19 pandemic] The United Kingdom approves AstraZeneca-Oxford's vaccine, the second one available. The vaccine is easier to store as it only requires normal fridge temperatures, making distribution easier 

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