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Saturday, 21 February 2026
1953 Tornado results in the deaths of 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage). 
1953 Jean Adair, dies at 80.
1955 Israel attacks Gaza.
1955 G L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies.
1956 Pinky Lee Show, last airs on NBC-TV.
1956 Walter S Adams, US astronomer/director of Mount Wilson, dies at 79
1957 Gabriel Paris forms Government of Colombia.
1958 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
1959 "Kookie, Kookie Lend Me Your Comb" by Byrnes and Connie Stevens hits #4
1959 Elvis Presley's inaugural entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"
1959 Rodgers and Barer's musical "Once Upon a Mattress" premieres in NYC.
1960 French liner "France" launched
1960 Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires
1960 John D Rockefeller Jr, philanthropist, dies at 86.
1962 Antonio Segni is recorded as becoming President of Italy
1962 Near the Coast of Mexico a 7.0 quake resulted in four persons killed, and many injured. Extensive property damage in south-central Mexico
1962 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island.
1962 US sends troops to Thailand.
1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" by Peter, Paul and Mary hits #2
1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham AL
1963 Natasha Richardson, American Actress is born
1965 Ellis Island added to Statue of Liberty National monument
1965 The inaugural of 2 cyclones in less than a month results in the deaths of 35000 (India).
1965 U.S. destroyers deliver inaugural shore bombardment of Vietnam War.
1965 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.
1965 West Indies is recorded as becoming inaugural holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy.
1965 Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans, Flemish playwright, dies at 86.
1966 In this year, Real Madrid claims 11th Europe Cup I
1967 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances.
1967 100000000th US phone connected
1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for EG membership.
1968 In this year, Richard Harris releases "MacArthur Park".
1968 Students and police battle in Paris, 100s injured
1969 Monty Python comedy troupe forms.
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