Page 6: Historical Events In June - 21
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1969 Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, 1st woman grand slam (1953), dies at 34. 

1970 Achmed Sukarno, 1st president of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68. 

1971 50000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisana. 

1972 Seth Bingham, composer, dies at 90. 

1973 Nixon and Brezhnev sign arms limitation agreement. 

1973 Frank Leahy, football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64 

1975 Soyuz 19 returns to Earth. 

1975 Heinz Lau, composer, dies at 49 

1977 Former White House chief of staff HR Haldeman enters prison. 

1977 Menachem Begin (Likud), is recorded as becoming Israel's 6th PM. 

1979 Julian Orchard, actor (Perfect Friday, Bless this House), dies at 49 

1981 12-bottle case of 1979 Napamedoc Cabernet wine auctioned for $24000 

1981 Gunnar Ek, composer, dies on 81st birthday 

1982 In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away" 

1982 Wash DC jury finds John Hinckley Jr innocent by insanity. 

1983 Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (Tijl), dies at 87. 

1985 American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr Josef Mengele. 

1986 Pres Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments 

1987 Discovery rolls over from OPF to Vandenberg AFB. 

1987 Mike Tyson sexually harasses a parking lot attendent 

1988 Robert Lee "Bobby" Dodd, US football coach. 

1989 Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson remarry. 

1989 Supreme Court rules ok to burn US flag as a political expression. 

1989 Lee Quencey Calhoun, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1956, 60), dies at 56 

1990 25000 die in Iranian Earthquake 

1990 Little Richard gets a star on Hollywood's walk of fame. 

1990 NYC's Zodiac killer shoots 4th victim, Larry Parham 

1990 US House of Reps vote 254-177 to stop US flag burning, doesn't pass 

1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake in Iran killing 50000 people. 

1992 Li Xiannian, Chinese President (1983-88), dies 

1993 Frank Moro, entertainer, dies 

1994 Mark Robert Isfeld, combat Engineer, dies at 31 

1995 Kenneth Henry Lowry Lamb, broadcaster, dies at 71 

1997 Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68. 

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