Page 7: Historical Events In June - 07
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1967 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors 

1967 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem. 

1967 Dorothy Parker, US writer (Enough Rope), dies at 73 

1968 Sirhan Sirhan indicted for Bobby Kennedy assassination 

1968 Dan Duryea, actor (Pride of the Yankees), dies of cancer at at 60. 

1969 Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash combine on a Grand Ole Opry TV special. 

1969 Tommy James and the Shondells release "Crystal Blue Persuasion" 

1969 Leo Gorcey, actor (Bowery Boys), dies at 53. 

1970 The Who's Tommy is performed at NY's Lincoln Center 

1970 Edward M Forster, Brit writer (Maurice, passage to India), dies at 91 

1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes inaugural transfer to orbiting Salyut. 

1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel 

1973 Lane Bradford, actor (Dead Man's Gold, Gun Hawk), dies at 50. 

1976 Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orch leader (Air time '57), dies at 61. 

1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay rights law. 

1978 Nadine Hernandez is born in California 

1979 Bhaskara 1, Indian Earth resources/meteorology satellite, launched 

1979 Rocker Chuck Berry is charged with tax evasion 

1980 Henry [Valentine] Miller, US writer (Tropic of Capricorn), dies at 88. 

1981 Iraq's only nuclear reactor is destroyed by Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers 

1982 Pres Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth 

1983 A Gilmore and P Kilmartin discovers asteroid #3152. 

1983 Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha, Belgium prince, buried 

1984 George Givot, actor (Versatile Vaudeville), dies at 81 

1986 Madonna's "Live to Tell," single goes #1. 

1987 John Blofeld, writer/translator/Zen practitioner, dies at 73 

1988 Joe Partridge, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide 

1989 Milton van Embricqs, Suriname/Dutch publicist, dies. 

1990 Hungary announces plan to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact. 

1990 Michael Jackson hospitalized for chest pains 

1990 Barbara Baxley, actress (Norma Rae), dies at 63 of a heart attack. 

1991 Singer Jimmy Osmond weds Michelle Larson 

1991 Eric Francis, actor (Shillingbury Blowers), dies. 

1992 Bob Sweeney, director/actor (Toby Tyler), dies of cancer at 73 

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