Page 6: Historical Events In November - 05
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1957 Félix Gaillard forms govt in France 

1958 "Maria Golovin" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 performances 

1959 AFL announced with 8 teams. 

1960 August Gailit, Estonian writer (Ekke Moor), dies at 69. 

1963 Tatum O'Neal, American actress is born. 

1964 US launches Mariner 3 toward Mars; no data returned 

1964 Alexander Uriah Boskovich, composer, dies at 57 

1967 ATS-3 launched by US to take inaugural pictures of full Earth disk 

1968 Nixon (R) beats VP Humphrey (D) and George C Wallace for Presidency. 

1968 Estelle Hemsley, actress (Leech Woman, Take aGiant Step), dies at 81. 

1969 Itih Walracen, Sudanese widow of author William Walraven, dies. 

1972 Reginald Owen, actor (Above Suspicion, Love on the Run), dies at 85. 

1973 In this year, BART starts San Francisco-Daly City train shuttle service. 

1974 Ella Grasso (Ct) elected inaugural woman US gov not related to previous gov. 

1974 Walter E Washington, is recorded as becoming inaugural elected mayor of Wash DC. 

1974 Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman), dies at 56. 

1975 Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87 

1976 The latest model of the Sea Cobra helicopter, the AH-1T, was turned over to the Marine Corps from Bell Helicopter Textron for further testing. 

1977 Guy Lombardo orchestra leader (Auld Lang Syne), dies in Houston at 75 

1977 Aleksei G Stachanov, Russian model miner, dies at 72. 

1978 Iranian PM Jaafar Sharif-Emami steps down to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi 

1978 Denis O'Dea, actor (Capt Horatio Hornblower), dies at 73. 

1979 Al Capp cartoonist (Lil' Abner), dies at 70 

1979 Al Capp, US cartoonist (Li'l Abner), dies at 70 

1981 Former Dolphin, Mercury Morris, is sentenced to 20 years for drug trafficking, conspiracy, and possession of cocaine 

1982 In this year, George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album. 

1982 Jacques Tati actor/director, dies of pulmonary embolism 

1982 Gerda Brautigam, journalist/Dutch MP (PvdA), dies 

1983 Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden. 

1987 Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic 

1987 Supreme Court nominee Douglas H Ginsburg admitted using marijuana. 

1988 Cornell confirms grad student source of worst computer sabotage 

1988 Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7). 

1989 Barry Sadler singer (Green Berets), dies at 49 in Murfreesboro Tn 

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