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Tuesday, 22 September 2026
1959 Raffaele d' Alessandro, composer, dies on 48th birthday. 
1960 Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA.
1961 South Africa leaves British Commonwealth.
1961 Suzanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101.
1962 Frank Orth, actor (Boston Blackie, The Brothers), dies at 82
1963 Elizabeth Ann Seton of New York beatified (canonized in 1975).
1963 Eruptions of Mount Agung Bali, results in the deaths of 1500 Balinese
1963 William Henry Squire, composer, dies at 91.
1964 The Canadian Government introduces Canada Pension Plan Bill in House of Commons
1965 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help)
1965 The X-22A VTOL research aircraft made its inaugural flight at Buffalo, N.Y
1965 Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102.
1966 South Africa government bans Defense and Aid Fund.
1966 US sub locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean
1966 Walter Lang, composer, dies at 69.
1967 Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67.
1968 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington DC by US and 6 European nations
1969 Golda Meir is recorded as becoming Israel's 4th Prime Minister.
1970 US casts their inaugural UN Security Council veto (Support England)
1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
1971 Ernst Bachmeister, writer, dies.
1972 In this year, Ringo releases "Back off Bugaloo" in UK
1972 Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for WI, 34 wickets), dies.
1973 Luzon, Philippine Islands a 7.5 earthquake killed 14, injured 100, and caused an estimated $2 million in damage.
1973 Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge
1973 St Patrick's Day marchers carry 14 coffins commemorating Bloody Sunday
1973 Geertruida M W "Truus" Bakker, Dutch actress (2 Orphans), dies at 81.
1974 A CP Rail freight train hits a rock slide and derails at Spences Bridge, BC killing two crew members. This lead to the eventual installation of ditch lights on Canadian trains.
1974 Carroll Nye, actress (Lawless Woman), dies at 72.
1976 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter is retried
1976 Luchino Visconti di Modrone, It director (Terra Diaeresis), dies at 69.
1977 In this year, Australia claims cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877.
1978 RCMP charge Toronto Sun editor Peter Worthington and publisher Donald Creighton with violating Official Secrets Act; published information from secret report on Soviet espionage activities in Canada
1978 Reds don green uniforms for St Patricks Day
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