Page 7: Historical Events In January - 15
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1957 Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field 

1958 NY Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV 

1961 Supremes signed with Motown Records. 

1961 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 35-31. 

1961 Francesco Maria Saraceni, composer, dies at 49 

1962 50th Australian Mens Tennis Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) 

1962 Dutch and Indonesian navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea. 

1962 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) 

1962 Kenneth MacKenna, actor (Men Without Women), dies of cancer at 62 

1964 Teamsters negotiate inaugural national labor contract 

1964 Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, US jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58 

1965 In this year, Rock group The Who releases inaugural album "I Can't Explain". 

1965 Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered. 

1966 Betsy Mitchell, US 100m backstroke swimmer, dies at 25. 

1967 Albert Szirmai, composer, dies at 86. 

1968 In Sicily a 6.0 earthquake in several s in western Sicily were destroyed by this strong shock. It toppled houses, hospitals, medieval castles, and churches 

1968 Bill Masterson, 1st NHLer fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies 

1969 Nuclear test at Pacific Ocean 

1969 Soyuz 5 launched by Soviet Union 

1969 Theodor Werner, German painter, dies at 82 

1970 Republic Biafra disbands/joins Nigeria. 

1971 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt 

1971 In this year, George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord". 

1971 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50 

1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels. 

1973 4 Watergate burglars plead guilty in federal court. 

1973 Gene Shalit joins the Today Show panel. 

1973 Pope Paul VI has an audience with Golda Meir at Vatican 

1973 President Nixon suspends all US offensive action in North Vietnam. 

1973 U.S. President Richard Nixon suspends American hostilities in North Vietnam, as peace negotiations move forward 

1973 Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68 

1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC 

1974 Expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures 

1974 Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76. 

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