Page 8: Historical Events In May - 25
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1982 STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad. 

1982 Larry J Blake, actor (Earth vs the Flying Saucers), dies at 68. 

1983 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released 

1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt results in the deaths of 357 

1983 inaugural National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed 

1983 France performs nuclear test 

1983 Sydney Box, academy award producer, dies at 76. 

1984 Piet Ketting, Dutch pianist/conductor/composer, dies at 79 

1985 Cyclone ravages Bangladesh; 11000 killed. 

1985 Harold Hecht, choreographer, dies at 77 of cancer 

1986 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida. 

1986 Ferry boat Shamia sinks on Maghna River Bangladesh, 600 killed. 

1986 Hands Across America - 7 million people hold hands from California to New York 

1986 Kansas City Royal George Brett gets his 2000th hit 

1986 Virgilio Barco elected President of Colombia. 

1986 Chester Bowles, US senator/ambassador, dies at 85 

1988 In this year, PSV claims Europe Cup 

1989 Eastern Airlines graduates its inaugural class of non-union pilots. 

1989 Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union. 

1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy". 

1990 Vic Tayback, actor (Mel-Alice), dies of a heart attack at 60 

1991 "People Are Still Having Sex" by LaTour hits #35. 

1991 Israel evacuates 14000 Ethiopian Jews. 

1991 Dorothy Davis Bostwick, entertainer, dies 

1992 Jay Leno is recorded as becoming permanent host of "The Tonight Show" 

1992 Oscar Luigi Scalfaro elected President of Italy 

1992 Danny Biasone, persuaded NBA to use 24 second clock, dies at 83. 

1993 Dan Seymour, actor (Bombs over Burma, Intrigue, Watusi), dies at 78. 

1994 Eric Gale, guitarist, dies at 55 

1995 Dany Robin, actress (Follow the Boys, Topaz, Julietta), dies at 68. 

1996 Jennifer Maria Holsten, 18, crowned Miss Filipino-American 

1996 Bernard Charles Sendall, deputy director general of ITA, dies at 83 

1997 Muhammad Fadhel, PM of Iraq (1953-54), dies 

2005 Liverpool F.C. win the UEFA Champions League by defeating AC Milan 3-2 in a penalty shootout in Istanbul. 

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