Page 6: Historical Events In November - 10
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1964 "Something More!" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 15 perfs. 

1965 Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels. 

1966 Jack Lynch is recorded as becoming Irish premier. 

1968 Launch of Zond 6, 2nd unmanned circumlunar and return flight. 

1968 Gerald Mohr, actor (Christopher-Foreign Intrigue), dies at 54 

1969 "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV 

1969 The children's TV show Sesame Street debuts on PBS. 

1970 Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched 

1970 Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79 

1971 US table tennis team arrived in China 

1971 Walter Van Tilburg Clark, US author (Ox-Bow Incident), dies at 62 

1972 Charlie Hallows, cricketer (1000 runs-May 1928, 2 Tests for Eng), dies 

1973 Stringbean, country singer/comedian/banjoist (Hee Haw), dies at 58. 

1975 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior. 

1975 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC 

1975 The Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling freighter with a crew of 29, disappears without a trace on Lake Superior during a storm 

1975 UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism 

1976 Utah Supreme Court OKs execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore 

1978 Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks. 

1978 Linda Scott, actress (Escape from Hell Island), dies at 28. 

1979 CP Rail no. 54 suffers a hot axle box and derails 24 cars containing dangerous commodities, in Mississaugua, Ont. Almost a quarter of a million people were evacuated for periods of up to five days 

1979 Friedrich Thorberg, writer, dies at 71 

1980 Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare. 

1981 Abel Gance, french movie director (J'accuse), dies at 92. 

1982 Leonid Brezhnev Russian leader of the Communist Party died 

1982 Leonid I Brezhnev Soviet inaugural sect, dies of a heart attack at 75. 

1982 Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev dies at age 75 

1982 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens to visitors in Wahsington, D.C 

1982 Elio Petri, Italian director (Workers Class), dies at 53 

1984 Sudie Bond actress, dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment 

1984 Sudie Bond, actress (Tomorrow), dies at 56 of a respiratory ailment. 

1985 Pelle Lindbergh Philadelphia Flyer's goalie, dies in drunk driving accident 

1985 Pelle Lindbergh, goalie (Phila Flyers), dies in drunk driving accident. 

1986 River Rhine (Germany) polluted by chemical spill 

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