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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1971 CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show". 
1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet.
1972 Assassination attempt on Governor George Wallace of Alabama.
1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112.
1972 NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
1973 Alberta Indians awarded $190000 settlement in back payment of ammunition money promised to them under their 1877 treaty; sum of $2000 should have been paid annually
1973 Dedication of the Memorial to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) on Anzac Parade, Canberra, by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh The memorial sculpture was commissioned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the RAAF on 31mar1921.
1973 Carl Benton Reid, actor (Burke's Law), dies at 82
1975 Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail CO
1975 Antonino Rocca, professional wrestler/sportscaster, dies at 49
1976 Failed coup in Nigeria
1977 "Eight is Enough" premieres on ABC-TV
1977 Canadian actress Suzanne Somers stars in ABC TV's new Three's Company comedy show, opposite John Ritter.
1977 US House of Representatives begin 90 day test of televising its sessions.
1977 Kamal Joemblat, Lebanese politician, murdered.
1978 Operation Litani Israeli offensive in South Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas
1978 People's Rebublic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
1978 Operation Litani: Israeli offensive in South Lebanon to rid area of Palestine guerrillas
1979 In this year, Apparat releases Newdos+ 2.1 for Radio Shack's TRS-80.
1980 Tracey Wainman, age 12, the youngest Canadian skater to compete in a world championship.
1981 Suriname failed coup under Sergeant-Major Wilfred Hawker.
1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
1982 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days.
1983 Karnataka beat Bombay on inaugural innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1983 Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80
1984 10th People's Choice Awards Brooke Shields.
1984 John Lennon's single "I'm Stepping Out" is released (4 years after his death)
1984 In this year, Tanzania formally adopts constitution.
1984 Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage.
1984 10th People's Choice Awards: Brooke Shields
1985 Larry Holmes TKOs David Bey in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1985 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1986 Funeral services held for Swedish Prime Minister Olaf Palme
1987 "Starlight Express" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 761 performances
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