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Tuesday, 10 February 2026
1956 In Orleans Ontario, a Royal Canadian Air Force plane crashes into the Grey Nuns' Home for the Aged in Orleans, killing 15 people, including 11 nuns 
1957 18000 people at Madison Square Garden-Billy Graham launched a crusade
1957 The inaugural British H-bomb explosion (over Christmas Island).
1958 Sputnik III satelite launched by the U S S R.
1958 USSR launches Sputnik III
1958 Michael G the Boer, historian (Harbor of Amsterdam), dies at 91
1959 Berend van den Amstel, [Bernard CED Hattink], Dutch actor, dies at 56
1960 Sputnik 4 launched into Earth orbit; later recovery failed
1960 Taxes took 25% of earnings in US
1961 36 Unification church couples wed in Korea
1962 US marines arrive in Laos
1963 Last Project Mercury flight, L Gordon Cooper in Faith 7, launched
1963 Peter, Paul and Mary win their inaugural Grammy (If I Had a Hammer)
1963 In this year, Tottenham Hotspur claims 3rd Europe Cup II at Rotterdam.
1964 In this year, Sporting Portugal claims 4th Europe Cup II at Antwerp.
1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1964 Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61
1965 Adrian Schoevers, Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies
1966 South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die.
1967 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
1967 Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84
1968 A tornado strikes Jonesboro AR at 10 PM, killing 36.
1968 Paul McCartney and John Lennon appear on Johnny Carson Show to promote Apple records, Joe Garagiola is the substitute host
1969 Associate Justice Abe Fortas steps down from Supreme Court.
1970 Beatles' last LP, "Let It Be" is released in US.
1970 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named inaugural female US generals.
1970 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
1970 South-Africa excluded from Olympic play.
1971 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
1972 Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims (Minia Egypt).
1972 George Wallace shot and left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel MD.
1972 Ryukyu Island and Daito Island returned to Japan after 27 years of US control
1972 Nigel Green, actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47.
1973 Willem H Rassers, Dutch cult anthropologist (Pandji-Novel), dies at 95.
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