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Saturday, 21 February 2026
1960 The inaugural atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park CA. 

1961 Castro offers to exchange Bay of Pigs prisoners for 500 bulldozers. 

1961 Frans van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp, dies at 81 

1962 Marin County withdraws from BART district 

1963 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site. 

1964 Otto V Kuusinen, pres of Karelo-Finnish soviet rep (1940-56), dies 82 

1967 Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back" 

1967 John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65. 

1968 European Space Research Organization launches inaugural satellite 

1968 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site. 

1969 Russian probe Venera 6 landed on Venus 

1969 Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal, dies at 80. 

1970 Hank Aaron is recorded as becoming 9th player to get 3000 hits. 

1970 Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Atlantic on reed raft Ra. 

1970 Nigel M Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61 

1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination 

1972 Netherlands and China People's Republic exchange ambassadors 

1972 In this year, Tottenham Hotspur claims inaugural UEFA Cup in London 

1973 Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings. 

1973 In this year, Stevie Wonder releases "You are the Sunshine of my Life" 

1973 The Senate Select Committee hearings on Watergate open. 

1973 US performs 3 nuclear tests at Rifle CO 

1973 Alexander J Kropholler, Dutch architect/writer, dies at 91. 

1974 Charles Braswell, actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49. 

1975 "Funky Gibbon" by The Goodies hits #79. 

1975 In this year, 10cc releases "I'm Not in Love" 

1975 Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches 

1975 NBC paid $5 million for rights to show "Gone with the Wind" one time. 

1976 28th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and Michael Learned win. 

1976 Earthquake in Uzbekistan 1000's killed. 

1976 In Uzbek SSR a 7.1 quake killed 6 and 10000 homeless in Gazli area. Damage reported in parts of Uzbek, Tadzhik, and Turkham SSR. 

1976 Earthquake in Uzbekistan: 1000's killed. 

1976 28th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Jack Albertson and Michael Learned win 

1977 In this year, Menahem Begins Likoed-party claims election in Israel 

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