Page 6: Historical Events In July - 12
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1939 Phillip Adams, Australian broadcaster and journalist. 

1941 Military treaty is signed between U.S.S.R. and Britain 

1941 Joseph Whipp, American actor 

1942 Richard Stoltzman, Omaha Nebraska, clarinetist (Tashi) 

1943 Battle of Kolombangara (2nd battle of Gulf of Kula) 

1943 Bruce Taylor, cricketer (big-hitting NZ all-rounder 1965-73) 

1944 Near Sheep Mountain, Idaho a 6.1 earthquake was recorded. 

1944 Theresienstadt Family camp disbands, with 4000 people gased. 

1945 Cubs stop Braves Tommy Holmes modern-day NL hitting streak at 37 games. 

1946 Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia," premieres in Glyndebourne. 

1948 The inaugural jets to fly across the Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires) 

1948 1st jets to fly across Atlantic (6 RAF de Havilland Vampires). 

1949 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin. 

1949 In this year, 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL claims 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. 

1950 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraw 

1950 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraws. 

1951 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill 

1952 East German SED decides to form German DR army 

1953 KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 

1953 Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79. 

1954 Major League Baseball Players Assn founded 

1955 In this year, 22nd All Star Baseball Game: NL claims 6-5 in 12 at County Stad, Milw 

1956 Maurice Lippens, Belgian governor of Congo (1921-23), dies at 80. 

1957 The inaugural President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower 

1957 1st President to fly in helicopter-Dwight Eisenhower 

1958 "Li'l Abner" closes at St James Theater NYC after 693 performances 

1960 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence. 

1960 Echo I, inaugural passive satellite launched. 

1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs 

1962 Rolling Stones inaugural performance (Marquee Club, London). 

1962 The inaugural time 2 manned crafts in space (USSR) 

1964 William Solomon, S Africa cricketer (Test 1898-99), dies 

1966 26.70 cm (10.51") of rainfall, Sandusky, Ohio (state record). 

1966 Most rain fell in 1 day in Ohio, 10.5" in Sandusky. 

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