Page 9: Historical Events In February - 28
Monday, 23 February 2026
1973 Cecil Kellaway, actor (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 78. 

1974 Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms. 

1974 In this year, Labour Party claims British parliamentary election 

1974 Taiwan police shoot into crowd 

1974 The United States and Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after a seven-year break. 

1974 The US and Egypt re-establish diplomatic ties for the inaugural time since 1967. 

1974 Mees Toxopeus, Dutch rescue-vessel captain, dies at 89. 

1975 More than 40 people die when a London subway train crashes into the end of a tunnel. 

1975 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 

1975 Istvan Kardos, composer, dies at 83. 

1976 18th Grammy Awards Love Will Keep Us Together, Natalie Cole win. 

1976 Ceuta and Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession. 

1977 A killer whale born in captivity at Marineland, Los Angeles CA. 

1977 Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends. 

1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71 

1978 The Department of Defense authorized fullscale development of the Sikorsky Aircraft's SH-60B LAMPS MK III helicopter. The aircraft was designed primarily for antisubmarine and antiship missions and to be deployed aboard frigates, destroyers and cruisers. 

1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73. 

1979 Ernest Thompson's "On Golden Pond," premieres in New York NY 

1979 Jane Hylton, English actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 

1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premieres (takes 4 hours 12 minutes). 

1980 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 

1980 Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies. 

1981 China PR throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 

1982 AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day. 

1982 FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street. 

1983 Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch. 

1983 Statistics Canada reports Canadian Gross National Product fell 4.8% in 1982; sharpest decline since 1933. 

1984 In this year, 26th Grammy Awards Beat It, Michael Jackson claims 8. 

1984 Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- goes for a walk in an Ottawa blizzard and decides to resign; announces decision the following day; Canada's 15th Prime Minister 

1984 Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies 

1985 In Toronto Ontario, publisher Ernst Zundel convicted for distributing hate literature in a book that said the mass extermination of Jews in Germany in World War II never occurred 

1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC 

1986 European Economic Community sign "Special Act" for Europe free trade 

1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is assassinated in Stockholm 

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