Page 7: Historical Events In July - 30
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1965 Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese writer (Key), dies at 79 

1966 Beatles' "Yesterday... and Today," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 5 weeks 

1966 England beats West Germany 4-2 for soccer's 8th World Cup in London 

1966 Edward G Craig, English actor/dir (On Art of Theatre), dies at 94 

1967 Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed). 

1967 Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies at 59. 

1968 Beatles' Apple Boutique closes, entire inventory is given away. 

1968 Jon Leifs, composer, dies at 69 

1969 Barbra Striesand opens for Liberace at International Hotel, Las Vegas. 

1970 30000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct. 

1970 Smirnova discover asteroid 1835 Gajdariya, 2032 Ethel and 2349 Kurchenko. 

1970 George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73 

1971 In this year, George Harrison releases "Bangladesh" 

1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162 

1971 US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon. 

1973 Erich Katz, composer, dies at 72 

1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon. 

1974 Lev Konstantinovich Knipper, composer, dies at 75. 

1975 Teamsters Pres Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit still not are discovered 

1976 Japanese beat Russian for Olympic gold in woman's volleyball 

1977 Jorgen Ponto, West German banker, murdered 

1979 Beppie Nooij Jr, Dutch actress (Rooie Sien), dies at 67 

1980 British New Hebrides is recorded as becoming independent and takes name Vanuatu 

1980 Charles McGraw, actor (Michael-Falcon, Smith Family), dies at 66. 

1982 Frank Nicholson, S African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies. 

1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif 

1983 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg 

1983 Howard Deitz, MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease 

1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil 

1984 inaugural flight of space shuttle 'Discovery'. 

1984 Soap opera "Santa Barbara," premieres on NBC. 

1984 Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies. 

1985 Discovery moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-I mission. 

1987 Mary Spinell, actress (Last Horror Film), dies. 

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