Page 7: Historical Events In January - 29
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1963 Jim Thorpe, Red Grange and George Halas elected to football hall of fame 

1963 Poet Robert Frost dies in Boston at age 88. 

1963 The inaugural inductees to the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, are revealed. They include Earl Lambeau, Earl (Dutch) Clark, and Sammy Baugh. 

1963 Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88. 

1964 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria 

1964 Beatles record in German "Komm, Gib Mir Diene Hand" and "Sie Leibt Dich". 

1964 Stanley Kubrick's"Dr Strangelove," premieres 

1964 Unmanned Apollo 1 Saturn launcher test attains Earth orbit. 

1964 Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif. 

1965 John Larkin, actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52 

1966 Lawry and Simpson complete 244 opening stand vs England, Adelaide. 

1966 Snow storm in north east US results in the deaths of 165 

1966 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming. 

1966 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen. 

1966 "Sweet Charity" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 608 performances 

1966 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84. 

1967 In Ottawa Terrorists bomb Yugoslav Embassy in Ottawa and Consulate in Toronto. 

1967 "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 perfs 

1967 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62. 

1968 In this year, Nauru formally adopts constitution 

1968 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies 

1969 Britain refused entry into the European Economic Community 

1969 Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars. 

1969 Sheahan and Connolly hang on for exciting draw Australia vs West Indies 

1970 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR. 

1970 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR 

1970 Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74. 

1971 Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs England at Adelaide. 

1971 Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, v England at Adelaide. 

1972 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville. 

1973 Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67 

1974 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago 

1975 inaugural Annual Comedy Awards of the Year hosted by Alan King 

1975 W I win Fifth Test against India to take exciting series 3-2 

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