Page 7: Historical Events In May - 19
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1959 Jan de Quay is recorded as becoming premier of Netherlands. 

1960 Alan Freed and eight other DJs accused of taking radio payola. 

1960 Belgian parliament requires rest day for self employed. 

1960 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 33222mph 

1961 New pier opens in Scheveningen 

1961 Joe Howard, singer (Gay Nineties Revue), dies at 94 

1962 "John Birch Society" by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99 

1962 Indonesian paratroopers land in New Guinea. 

1962 Stan Musial breaks Honus Wagner's National League hit record with 3431 

1962 US performs nuclear test at Christmas Island (atmospheric). 

1964 US diplomats find at least 40 secret microphones in the Moscow embassy. 

1965 30th Naval Construction Regiment activated at Danang, Vietnam 

1965 Patricia R Harris named inaugural US black female ambassador (Luxembourg) 

1965 In this year, West Ham United claims 5th Europe Cup II 

1965 Maria Dabrowska, Polish writer (Znaki Zycia), dies 

1966 Tortoise, reportedly given to Tonga's King by Capt Cook (1773), dies 

1967 The United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space 

1967 US bombs Hanoi. 

1967 USSR ratifies treaty with England and US banning nuclear weapons in space 

1968 20th Emmy Awards Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain 

1968 Pirate Radio Brumble of Northern England inaugural heard 

1968 20th Emmy Awards: Get Smart, Mission Impossible and Barbara Bain. 

1969 Coleman Hawkins, US jazz musician/composer, dies. 

1971 USSR launches Mars 2, inaugural spacecraft to crash land on Mars 

1971 Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76. 

1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 

1974 In this year, Valeri Giscard d'Estaing claims French presidential election. 

1975 27th Emmy Awards Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh. 

1975 Farm truck packed with wedding party struck by a train, killing 66 in truck, 40 miles south of Poona India 

1975 Junko Tabei is inaugural woman to climb to the top of Mount Everest 

1975 27th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Robert Blake and Jean Marsh. 

1976 Gold ownership legalized in Australia. 

1976 In this year, Liverpool claims 5th UEFA Cup at Bridge 

1976 Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 

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