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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1966 Sergei Korolev, Russian space station constructor, dies. 
1967 20000 attend the Human Be-In, San Francisco.
1967 Earthquake in Sicily results in the deaths of 231.
1967 New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments.
1967 Sonny and Cher release "The Beat Goes On"
1967 Emily Watson, British actress is born.
1967 20000 attend Human Be-In, SF.
1967 Renato Lunelli, composer, dies at 71
1969 25 members of US aircraft carrier Enterprise die during maneuvers.
1969 Soyuz 4 launched; rendezvous with Soyuz 5 two days later
1969 Twenty-five crewmen aboard the carrier Enterprise are killed in an explosion off the coast of Hawaii.
1970 The farewell concert of Diana Ross and the Supremes takes place at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas
1970 John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 61.
1971 John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs.
1971 Ethel Glenn Hier, composer, dies at 82.
1972 "Sanford and Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV.
1972 Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72.
1973 Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted for drugs in California
1973 Tap dancer Ray Castle measured at 1440 taps/minutes on BBC TV.
1973 The Miami Dolphins become the inaugural NFL team to have a perfect season, remaining undefeated after beating the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII.
1974 Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62
1975 USSR breaks trade agreement with US
1976 "The Bionic Woman" with Lindsay Wagner debuts on ABC (later NBC).
1976 Ted Turner is recorded as becoming CEO of Atlanta Braves
1976 Margaret Leighton, actress (Best Man, Go-Between), dies at 53
1977 Abdul Razak bin Hussain, premier of Malaysia (1970-77), dies at 53
1978 Sex Pistols' final concert (Winterland, San Francisco)
1978 The Sex Pistols perform their last concert, at San Francisco's Winterland Theater
1978 Blossom Rock, actress (Grandmamma-Addams Family), dies at 81.
1979 President Carter proposes Martin Luther King's birthday be a holiday
1980 "Blues Brothers" movie with Dan Akroyd and John Belushi opens.
1981 FCC frees stations to air as many commercials an hour as they wish.
1984 Madonna inaugural sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand
1984 Mary Zeldenrust-Noordanus, Dutch sexuologist (NVSH), dies at 55
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