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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1976 Israel opens "Good Fence" to Lebanon. 
1977 Soviet figure skaters Sergei Shakrai and Marine Tcherkasova are inaugural to perform a quadruple twist lift, Helsinki
1977 Margaret Hayes, actress (Robert Montgomery Presents), dies at 61
1978 International Ultraviolet Explorer placed in Earth orbit.
1978 Mario Soares forms Portuguese government
1978 Strikers riot in Tunisia, killing about 40
1978 Leo Genn, actor (Lady Chatterley's Lover, Henry V), dies at 72.
1979 "The Dukes of Hazzard" premieres on CBS's vast wasteland
1979 Former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller dies in New York at age 70
1979 Music Center Vredenburg opens in Utrecht Netherlands
1979 Nelson Rockefeller, former VP and (4X Gov-R-NY), dies at 70.
1980 175000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro!
1980 Israel and Egypt establish diplomatic relations
1980 Prime Minister Joe Clark warns USSR that Canada will boycott Summer Olympics in Moscow if Soviet troops do not leave Afghanistan.
1981 Sandeep Patil scores memorable 174 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval
1982 Mauno Koivisto elected President of Finland.
1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
1983 Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach (Alabama), dies at 69.
1984 In this year, Federal government announces land claims settlement with Yukon inaugural nations, who receive $620 million and title to 20000 sq km
1984 US navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst New Jersey.
1985 42th Golden Globes Amadeus claims.
1985 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky scores 50th goal in 49th game of season
1985 James Cameron, journalist, dies
1986 Yoweri Museveni's rebel army conquerors Kampala Uganda
1987 14th American Music Award Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama.
1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title
1988 "Phantom of the Opera" opens at Majestic Theater New York City NY for 4000+ performances
1988 Australia's 200th anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbor
1988 CIBC buys 65% of Wood Gundy for $190 million, mostly in shares.
1989 AT and T reports inaugural loss in 103 years; $1.67 B in 1988
1989 Test debut of Mark Taylor, Australia vs West Indies, Sydney.
1989 US computer security expert warns of catastrophic virus
1989 Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies
1990 Annular eclipse visible over Antarctica and South Atlantic.
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