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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1943 Limited gambling legalized in Mexico. 
1943 Lynn Redgrave, British actress2007 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert admits that Israel had planned an attack on Lebanon in the event of kidnapped soldiers on the border, months before Hezbollah carried out its kidnapping is born
1943 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill
1943 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Arthur Vaughn
1943 Lynn Redgrave, British actress is born.
1944 US resumes bombing Berlin.
1945 "Kiss Me Kate" opens in Britain.
1945 53 Amsterdammers executed by Nazi occupiers
1945 Phyllis M Daley is inaugural black nurse sworn-in as US Navy ensign
1945 H J Jamin, Dutch resistance fighter, dies in Buchenwald.
1946 inaugural helicopter licensed for commercial use (New York NY).
1946 1st helicopter licensed for coml use (NYC)
1948 Supreme Court rules relg instructions in pub schools unconstitutional
1949 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1950 Marshall Voroshilov of USSR announces they developed atomic bomb.
1950 The inaugural woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters)
1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters).
1950 Jaroslav Kocian, composer, dies at 67
1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel).
1951 Intl Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel).
1951 Honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair
1952 Antoine Pinay forms French government.
1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
1952 World's inaugural artificial heart.
1953 A census bureau report indicated that 239000 farmers had quit tilling the soil and planting crops (giving up farming) over the previous two years.
1953 Census indicates 239000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years.
1953 "Two's Company" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 90 performances
1954 Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent visits Canadian brigade in Korea during world tour.
1954 Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia
1954 Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies.
1955 Clementine, Princess of Belg, wife of V Napoleon Bonaparte, dies at 82
1957 Israeli troops leave Egypt; Suez Canal re-opened for minor ships.
1957 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test.
1957 1st performance of David Diamond's 6th Symphony in Boston.
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