Page 5: Historical Events In June - 27
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1933 4th Ryder Cup: Great Britain claims, 6½-5½ at Southport and Ainsdale, England. 

1934 Federal Savings and Loan Association created. 

1934 Anna Moffo, Wayne Penn, soprano (Adventurers) [or 1927/1932]. 

1934 Max Pallenberg, Austria actor (Brave Suender), dies in air crash at 56 

1935 Danno O'Mahoney beats Jim Londos in Boston, to become wrestling champ. 

1939 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) 

1940 800 Jews are burned alive inside Great Synagogue. 1200 others die in shooting. 

1940 HMS WREN, sunk 10 miles of Aldeburgh, eastern England in North Sea - by German bombers 

1940 USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar. 

1940 Soviet Army attacks Romania 

1941 Bialystok Poland falls to Germany 

1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs that came from from a sub off NY's Long Island 

1942 FBI captures 8 Nazi saboteurs from a sub off NY's Long Island. 

1943 Elly Dammers throws Dutch record spear (4143m) 

1944 476000 are deported to Auschwitz since May 15 

1944 Cherbourg, France captured by Allies. 

1944 Cherbourg, France liberated by Allies 

1944 Werner Wehrli, composer, dies at 52. 

1945 Foundation 1940-45 established 

1947 98°F (36.8°C) in De Bilt Netherlands. 

1948 George Templeton Strong, composer, dies at 92 

1949 W Baade discovers asteroid #1566 Icarus. 

1949 "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV. 

1950 Pres Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 

1950 RAAF bomber squadron sent to Malaya to assist the British in counter insurgency work against communist guerrillas during the Malayan Emergency 

1950 UN Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea 

1950 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam. 

1950 "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances 

1950 Milada Horakova, Czech advocate/anti fascist, hanged. 

1951 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1588 Descamisada. 

1953 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier. 

1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala 

1954 The inaugural atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) 

1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia). 

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