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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1965 46.18 cm (18.18") of rainfall, Edgarton, Missouri (state 24-hr record). 

1966 Julien Carette, dies of burns at 68. 

1967 Race riots in Memphis Tenn 

1968 Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida" is recorded as becoming the inaugural heavy metal song to hit the charts, it comes in at #117 

1968 Jane Asher breaks her engagement with Paul McCartney on live TV. 

1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies. 

1969 At 10 56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, nearly 240000 miles from earth, spoke these words to millions listening at home. 

1969 Man inaugural walks on the moon, brings back lots of rocks. 

1969 The inaugural men on Moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Apollo 11. 

1969 At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, nearly 240000 miles from earth, spoke these words to millions listening at home. 

1970 The inaugural baby born on Alcatraz Island 

1973 Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], actor (Enter the Dragon), dies at 32. 

1974 Allen Jenkins actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74 

1974 Turkey invades Cyprus. 

1974 Turkish forces invade the island of Cyprus. 

1974 Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74 

1976 On the seventh anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, the Viking 1 lander, an unmanned U.S. planetary probe. 

1976 US Viking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia, inaugural Martian landing. 

1976 Tom Lowry, cricketer (early New Zealand Test captain), dies. 

1977 Flash flood hits Johnstown, Pa, results in the deaths of 80 and causing $350 mil damage 

1977 Carter De Haven, actor (Courage, Great Dictator), dies at 90 

1979 44-kg Newfoundland dog pulls 2293-kg load, Bothell, Wash 

1982 Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks. 

1983 Frank Reynolds news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59. 

1983 Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59. 

1984 Uwe Hohn of East Germany throws javelin a record 104.8 m 

1984 Gail Kubik, US composer (Gerald McBoing Boing), dies at 69. 

1985 Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha. 

1986 Helen Craig actress (Rich Man Poor Man), dies at 74. 

1988 Michael Dukakis selected Democratic presidential nominee 

1990 Justice William Brennan steps down from the Supreme Court after 36 years 

1991 Kirk Cameron marries Growing Pains co-star Chelsea Noble in upstate NY 

1991 Mike Tyson is accused of raping a Miss Black America contestant. 

1996 26th Olympic Summer games opens in Atlanta, Georgia. 

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