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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1943 US inaugural Armour division occupies Ferryville Tunisia. 
1944 German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia.
1944 HMCS Valleyfield torpedoed
1945 Branch Rickey announces formation of the US Negro Baseball League.
1945 Formal undertaking of complete German surrender.
1945 German General Keitel repeats surrender signing in Berlin for the benefit of the Russians; WWII ends in Europe.
1945 Germany signs an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Reheime, France (to take effect the next day), ending the European theatre of WWII
1945 Mauthausen Concentration Camp liberated.
1945 Nazi Generals Jodl and Von Friedenburg surrender
1945 Princess Irene Brigade moves into the Hague Netherlands.
1945 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Hersey (Bell for Adano)
1945 SS open fire on crowd in Amsterdam, killing 22.
1946 William H Hastie inaugurated as inaugural black governor of Virgin Islands
1946 William H Hastie inaugurated as 1st black governor of Virgin Islands
1946 Anton A Mussert, engineer/NSB leader, executed
1947 "Kraft Television Theater" premieres on NBC.
1947 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution.
1947 Paraguayian Government unleashes contra revolt.
1948 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death
1951 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics.
1951 Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town).
1951 Warner Baxter, dies at 62
1953 "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances
1953 Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L E Marron, in Chile.
1953 Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs and 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies
1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu.
1954 US, Great-Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO.
1955 USSR signs peace treaty with France and Great-Britain
1955 West Europe Union established
1956 Battle at Oran, Algeria, results in the deaths of 300.
1956 Pulitzer prize awarded to Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett
1958 Major Howard Johnson, USAF, sets aircraft altitude record in F-104 (Lockheed Starfighter), 27810 meters
1958 Nyogen Senzaki, 1st Zen teacher to reside in USA, dies at 81.
1960 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
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