Page 6: Historical Events In November - 09
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1960 JFK elected as American president,becoming the youngest ever, at the age of 43. 

1961 USAF Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 30970 m. 

1961 PGA eliminates caucasians only rule. 

1962 Dutch Catharina Lodders elected Miss World. 

1963 450 die in a coal-dust explosion and 160 die in train crash (Japan). 

1963 "Tovarich" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 264 performances 

1964 "Comedy in Music-Opus 2" opens at John Golden NYC for 192 perfs 

1965 5 16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (NY blackout) 

1965 1st NY Knick game postponed (black-out) vs St Louis. 

1965 5:16 PM, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario (NY blackout). 

1967 inaugural unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module 

1967 Charles Bickford, actor (Johnny Belinda, Virginian), dies at 78. 

1968 Jan Johansson, composer, dies at 37. 

1970 General Charles de Gaulle,former leader of the 'Free French'army and President of France from 1958 to 1969,died 

1970 Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins 

1970 William L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84 

1971 Maude Fealy, drama coach, dies at 90. 

1973 Fire at Taiyo department store, results in the deaths of 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan). 

1974 Egon Joseph Wellesz, Austria, composer/musicologist, dies at 89. 

1976 UN General Assembly condemns apartheid in South Africa 

1976 Billy Halop, actor (Bert Munson-All in the Family), dies at 56. 

1977 Gertrude Astor, actress (Ship of Wanted Men), dies on 90th birthday 

1978 The U.S. Marine Corps' newest light attack aircraft, the AV-8B, flew for the inaugural time at McDonnell Douglas Corporation in St. Louis. The AV-8B Harrier had more than double the payload and radius of its predecessor, the AV-8A. 

1978 Joe Wong, actor (Ken Murray Show), dies at 75. 

1979 Lewis Charles, actor (Feather and Father Gang), dies at 59 

1980 Carmel Myers, actress (Carmel Myers Show), dies at 79. 

1984 Sara Rodrigues, famous singer/songwriter was born! November 09 1984. 

1985 Gary Kasparov (USSR) is recorded as becoming World Chess Champion at age of 22. 

1985 Helen Rose, costume designer, dies at 81 

1988 Billy Curtis, 4'2" actor (Terror of Tiny Town), dies at 79 

1989 East Berlin opens its borders 

1990 President Bush announces Doubling of US forces in Gulf. 

1991 Guido Claus, Belgian actor (Sacrament), dies. 

1992 Charles Fraser-Smith, English inventor (man who never was), dies. 

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