Page 7: Historical Events In January - 24
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter. 

1956 96.5 cm precipitation at Kilauea Plantation, Hawaii (state record). 

1957 Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies. 

1958 After warming to 100000000 degrees, 2 light atoms are bashed together to create a heavier atom, resulting in 1st man-made nuclear fusion 

1959 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at John Golden NYC after 38 perfs 

1960 Algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle. 

1960 John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66 

1961 Nastassja Kinski, German actress is born. 

1961 Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in NYC 

1961 Willem J M van Eysinga, people rights scholar, dies at 82 

1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany 

1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles 

1962 Jackie Robinson is inaugural Black elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 

1962 Tom Shirley, actor/TV announcer (They're Off), dies at 62 

1963 Buddy Rogers and Lou Thesz wrestle in Toronto, Rogers is recorded as becoming WWF wrestling champ and Thesz is recorded as becoming NWA champ 

1964 24th Amendment to US Constitution comes into force and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes. 

1964 Martin Kresses final comic strip of Eric the Viking 

1964 CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million. 

1964 Joseph Schildkraut, actor (Joseph Schildkraut Presents), dies at 68. 

1965 British statesman Winston Churchill dies in London at age 90. 

1965 Winston Churchill, PM of Britain (C) (1940-45, 51-55), dies at 90. 

1967 Howard Charles Shaiffer, entertainer, dies at 49. 

1969 Queen Juliana appointed honorary citizen of Addis Ababa 

1969 Spanish General Franco announces state of emergency 

1969 Pauline Hall, composer, dies at 78. 

1970 3rd ABA All-Star Game West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana 

1970 James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep and Limelites), beaten to death. 

1971 Panarctic Oils caps a natural gas well on King Christian Island,NWT that had burned out of control for 3 months 

1972 Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74. 

1973 Canada joins the International Commission for Control and Supervision in Vietnam for 60-day period; ICCS a truce-observance commission; with Hungary, Poland, Indonesia 

1973 Warren Spahn is elected to Baseball Hall of Fame. 

1973 Alan Lisette, cricketer (took 3 wickets in 2 Tests for NZ 1956), dies. 

1975 quickest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England 

1975 Larry Fine, actor (3 Stooges), dies at 72 

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