Page 6: Historical Events In June - 30
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1939 Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde 

1940 "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, inaugural appears. 

1940 US Fish and Wildlife Service established. 

1940 "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears. 

1941 HMAS WATERHEN (RAN), lost in the Eastern Mediterranean off Bardia, east Libya by German divebombers on the 29th June. 

1941 HMAS Waterhen sunk on Tobruk run. 

1941 61 U-boats (310000 ton) sunk this month. 

1942 Australian troops raid Salamaua. 

1942 US Mint in New Orleans ceases operation 

1942 144 U boats (700000 ton) sunk this month 

1942 Arnoldus J H Aerts, Dutch bishop of New-Guinea, executed at 62. 

1946 Michael Zadora, composer, dies at 64 

1948 Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0. 

1948 Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs). 

1948 Karl Wolfskehl, writer, dies at 78 

1950 Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea. 

1950 US President allows American troops deployement in Korea 

1951 NAACP begins attack on school segregation and discrimination 

1952 "The Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV. 

1953 Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies at 79 

1954 USSR opens its inaugural atomic power plant 

1956 United DC-7 and TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128. 

1959 Lazare Saminsky, composer, dies at 76 

1960 Belgian Congo is recorded as becoming an independent state 

1960 Zaâ¹re (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium. 

1960 Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79. 

1961 Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit 

1961 Lee de Forest, inventor (Electron Tube), dies at 87 

1962 LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0. 

1962 Rwanda and Burundi become independent. 

1962 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist, dies at 65. 

1963 Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church. 

1964 Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit 

1965 Bessie Barriscale, actress (Plain Jane, Show Folks), dies. 

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