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Tuesday, 17 February 2026
1944 Smith v Allwright (excluding Blacks from primary voting) is illegal. 
1945 Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese
1945 Russian troops occupy Prague.
1946 Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy.
1948 The inaugural attack by Egyptian irregular forces at Kfar Darom Israel.
1948 Winston Churchill visits The Hague
1950 The inaugural Netherlands-US telex sent
1950 John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies
1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France.
1954 George Hirst, cricketer (36323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies
1956 French Government sends 50000 reservists to Algeria.
1960 In this year, John F Kennedy claims primary in West Virginia.
1960 US atomic sub USS Triton completes inaugural circumnavigation of globe under water.
1960 Juri Olescha, writer, dies at 61
1961 "Beyond the Fringe" premieres in London.
1963 Decca signs the Rolling Stones on advice of Beatle George Harrison
1964 Carol Haney, dancer (Pantomime Quiz), dies at 35.
1965 Hubertus J van Mook, Dutch min of Colonization (1942-45), dies at 70.
1966 25ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in May.
1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges.
1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 Viet Nam peace talks begin in Paris, albeit on a preliminary level
1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US and North Vietnam.
1968 Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies
1969 Apollo 10 transmit inaugural color pictures of Earth from space
1969 Turtles play the White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times.
1969 US troops begin attack on Hill 937/Hamburger Hill.
1970 Stanley Cup Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games.
1970 Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues in 4 games.
1971 Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79
1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77
1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1973 Establishment of Frente Polisario in Mauritania
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