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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1934 TWA begins commercial service. 
1934 Academy Award 1st called Oscar in print (Sidney Skolsky)
1935 T E Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, dies in England from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash.
1935 Harold Gimblett scores 123 in 80 mins on debut for Somerset
1936 The Spanish Civil breaks out.
1936 Alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63.
1940 German troops conquer Brussels
1940 Nazis pierce French lines on 62-mile front.
1941 Italian army under General Aosta surrenders to Britain in Ethiopia.
1941 Jewish veterans honor their dead
1941 An Egyptian steamer sinks
1942 NYC ends night baseball games for rest of WW II
1943 Allied bombers attack Pantelleria in the Mediterranean Sea.
1943 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in an address to the U S Congress, pledges full support in the war against Japan
1944 Expulsion of more than 200000 Tartars from Crimea by Soviet Union begins, they are accused of collaborating with the Germans.
1944 Polish 2nd Army corps captures convent of Monte Cassino Italy
1945 Tigers and A's both have 7 straight games postponed due to rain
1947 A's catcher Warren Rosar catches his 147th game without an error
1948 Arab Legion captures fort on Mount Scopus.
1948 Saudi Arabia joins invasion of Israel.
1948 "Ballet Ballads" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 62 performances.
1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates
1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates
1949 James T Adams, US historian (Pulitzer 1921).
1950 "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances.
1951 UN moves HQ to NYC
1951 US General Collins predicts use of atom bomb in Korea.
1952 Professor WF Libby said Stonehedge dates back to 1848 BC
1952 Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer, dies at 86
1953 The inaugural woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA).
1953 1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
1953 Tom Killick, cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for Eng 1929), dies.
1954 European Convention on Human Rights comes into force.
1955 28.7 cm rain falls at Lake Maloya NM (state record).
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