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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1968 Resurrection City closed. 
1969 Maria Belgado, entertainer, dies.
1970 Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
1971 Jack Good, actor (Father Goose), dies.
1973 Marlene Raymond (15), limboes under a flaming bar at 6 1/8"
1973 Mary Carr, actress (Forbidden Trail, 2nd Wife), dies at 99.
1975 113 killed in Eastern Boeing 727 crash at JFK
1975 Eastern 727 crashes at JFK Airport NY, results in the deaths of 113
1977 IRS reveals Jimmy Carter paid no taxes in 1976
1978 North Yemen President assassinated
1982 Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
1982 inaugural Frenchman launches into orbit, as part of Soviet mission.
1982 Jean-Loup Chretien, inaugural spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16)
1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB.
1983 Syria expels PLO leader Yasser Arafat.
1984 William Keighley, dir (Man who came to Dinner), dies of a stroke at 94.
1985 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 returns to Earth.
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 51-F
1985 The motion picture " Cocoon", directed by Ron Howard, grossed some $7.9 million during its opening weekend across the country. "Cocoon", which had a brilliant cast, including screen legend Don Ameche, beat out "Rambo inaugural Blood, Part II" starring Sylvester Stallone, in firstweekend receipts
1985 The wife of exiled Soviet author Alexander Solzhenitsyn became a U.S. citizen
1985 The motion picture " Cocoon", directed by Ron Howard, grossed some $7.9 million during its opening weekend across the country. "Cocoon", which had a brilliant cast, including screen legend Don Ameche, beat out "Rambo: inaugural Blood, Part II" starring Sylvester Stallone, in firstweekend receipts
1986 Guy Hunt elected inaugural Republican governor of Alabama in 112 years.
1986 US Senate approves "tax reform"
1987 ‘The Great One’, Jackie Gleason, passed away on this day, at the age of 71. Gleason was one of TV’s biggest stars in the 1950s and 1960s. He started on the DuMont Television Network, became a celebrated fixture on CBSTV, and later, a movie star. He starred in honored films such as, "Gigot" and "The Hustler". He also starred in "Smokey and the Bandit". Jackie Gleason is best remembered from TV, however, as bus driver Ralph Kramden in "The Honeymooners", which still ranks as one of TV’s greatest sitcoms.
1987 Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies
1991 Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, NY Stories), dies at 74.
1992 Juris Podnieks, cameraman/director (Commandant), drowns
1994 Leonarda da Vinci MacLaren, founder of the LSE, dies at 83
1995 Inshan Ali, cricketer (WI chinaman bowler 1971-77), dies.
1996 Quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76
1997 "Mars Attacks!" is recorded as becoming the inaugural DVD ever to incorporate sound with menus.
1997 In this year, June 24 - Port Colborne Harbour Railway, a division of the Caledonia and Hamilton Southern Railway (Trillium Rail), starts operation between Welland and Port Colbourne on the following lines in Ontario CN Port Colbourne Spur (6.6 miles). Macy Spur (west of the Welland Canal). Government Spur (off Macy Spur). a new 1.1 mile connection between the Port Colbourne Spur and the Macy Spur
1997 Brian Keith, actor (Family Affair), commits suicide at 75
1997 In this year, June 24 - Port Colborne Harbour Railway, a division of the Caledonia and Hamilton Southern Railway (Trillium Rail), starts operation between Welland and Port Colbourne on the following lines in Ontario: CN Port Colbourne Spur (6.6 miles). Macy Spur (west of the Welland Canal). Government Spur (off Macy Spur). a new 1.1 mile connection between the Port Colbourne Spur and the Macy Spur.
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