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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1957 1st black to win a major US tennis tournament (Althea Gibson). 

1957 Bernard Spooner, US inventor (bulletproof jacket), dies 

1959 Savannah', the worlds inaugural nuclear powered merchant ship, is launched. 

1959 The inaugural atomic powered merchant ship, Savannah, christened, Camden NJ 

1959 1st nuclear powered merchant ship, NS Savannah, christened, Camden NJ. 

1960 The country of Katanga forms in Africa 

1960 Country of Katanga forms in Africa. 

1961 Launch of Mercury 4 (Liberty Bell) with Grissom 

1962 160 civil right activists jailed after demonstration in Albany Ga. 

1963 45th PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 279 at Dallas AC Dallas 

1964 Arnold Long takes 11 catches in the match for Surrey v Sussex 

1965 Pakistan, Iran and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact 

1966 Gemini X returns to Earth 

1966 Eugeen Calleen, Flemish sculptor, dies at 83 

1967 Basil Rathbone Johannesburg S Africa, actor, dies at 75. 

1967 Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies 

1968 50th PGA Championship: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Pecan Valley TX. 

1968 Ruth St Denis, US choreography, dies at about 90. 

1969 Neil Armstrong is recorded as becoming the inaugural human to set foot on the Moon. 

1969 Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2 56 15 AM (GMT) 

1969 Russia's Luna 15 impacts moon after 52 lunar orbits. 

1969 Neil Armstrong steps on Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT) 

1969 Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT). 

1970 Huge Aswan Dam opens in Egypt 

1972 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain). 

1972 In New York, 57 murders occur in 24 hours (Murder City?). 

1972 Jigme Dori Wangchuck king of Bhutan, dies. 

1972 Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies. 

1973 Hank Aaron is recorded as becoming 2nd major leaguer to hit 700 HRs 

1973 USSR launches Mars 4 for fly-by (2600 km) of the red planet. 

1973 Russell Hardie, dies after long illness at 69. 

1974 Willem F K Hussem, painter/poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74. 

1975 Billy West, actor (Jimmy the Gent, Jealousy), dies at 82 

1976 Christopher Ewart-Biggs Brit ambassador to Ireland is assassinated. 

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