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Thursday, 19 February 2026
1958 USSR performs atmospheric nuclear test. 
1958 1st presentation of West Point's Sylvanus Thayer Award
1958 Cyril M Kornbluth, US sci-fi writer (Space Merchants), dies at 34
1960 In the black township of Sharpeville in Transvaal, South Africa, Afrikaner police open fire on a group of peaceful black demonstrators, killing sixty-nine people and wounding nearly two hundred in a hail of sub-machine gunfire
1961 Beatles' inaugural appearance at the Cavern Club
1962 A bear is recorded as becoming the inaugural creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds.
1962 Actor Matthew Broderick born this day
1962 Dutch Roman Catholic bishop Beckers of Bosch makes TV speech in Netherlands in favor of birth control
1963 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay closed
1963 Alcatraz, maximum security prison on the island in San Francisco Bay, closes after 29 years.
1963 Matthew Broderick, American actor is born.
1964 Beatles' "She Loves You", single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks.
1965 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery AL.
1965 US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5814 pictures before lunar impact
1966 Supreme Court reverses Massachusetts ruling that "Fanny Hill" is obscene
1968 Israeli forces cross Jordan River to attack PLO bases.
1969 John and Yoko stage their inaugural bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton).
1969 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1969 Gerhart Fritsch, writer, dies at 44.
1970 Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49
1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
1972 US Supreme Court rules states can't require 1-year residency to vote.
1973 Frank Mahovlich is recorded as becoming 5th NHLer to score 500 goals
1973 Antoni Szalowski, composer, dies at 65.
1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall.
1974 Candy Darling, [James Slattery], female impersonator, dies.
1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years.
1975 Malcolm Fraser successfully challenges Bill Snedden for the leadership of Australia's Liberal Party;.
1975 Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64.
1977 In Iran a 7.0 earthquake was was centered in the Bandar Abbas area, near the Persian Gulf. The earthquake killed 167, injured 556, and caused considerable damage over an area of 550 square kilometers north of Bandar Abbas
1977 Off Newfoundland the Greenpeace Foundation abandons protest against annual seal hunt off coast of Newfoundland; due to bad weather, ice conditions, and lack of money.
1979 Egyptian Parliament unanimously approve peace treaty with Israel.
1980 On TV show Dallas, JR is shot.
1980 Gideon Fagan, composer, dies at 75
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