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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1960 New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada 
1962 "Little Me" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 257 performances
1962 Arthur Vining Davis, CEO (Alcoa-1910-57), dies at 95 in Miami.
1963 In this year, Kathy Whitworth claims LPGA Mary Mills Miss Gulf Coast Golf Invitational.
1964 Helicopters of HMM-162 from Princeton, began delivery of 1300 tons of food and clothing to people in the inland areas of South Vietnam flooded by heavy rains following a typhoon.
1964 British Labour Party installs weapon embargo against South Africa.
1965 General Meeting of UN refuses admittance of China PR
1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150000+ per hour).
1967 Beatles Ltd and Apple Music Ltd swap names.
1967 Surveyor 6 is recorded as becoming inaugural man-made object to lift off the Moon
1968 "Zorba" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 305 performances.
1968 Wilhelm Lehmann, writer, dies at 86.
1970 Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon.
1970 Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69.
1971 Gladys Cooper, actress (Margaret-The Rogues), dies at 83.
1973 President Nixon told AP "...people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook"
1974 Clive Brook, actor/director (On Approval), dies at 87
1975 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70
1976 Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60.
1977 Egyptian President Sadat formally accepts invitation to visit Israel
1978 Claude Dauphin, actor (Paris Precinct), dies at 75.
1979 John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery.
1981 Bob Eberly, singer (Jimmy Dorsey Band), dies at 65
1982 Bill Baldwin, announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 69
1985 Jimmy Ritz, actor (Ritz Brothers), dies of heart failure at 81.
1986 Alan Hewitt, actor (Det Brennan-My Favorite Martian), dies at 71.
1987 Irene Wicker, singer/actress (Singing Lady), dies at 81.
1988 In this year, Benzir Bhutto claims election in Pakistan.
1988 Sheilah Graham, gossip columnist, dies of heart failure at 84.
1989 Billy Lee, actor (Sons of Legion, Biscuit Eater), dies.
1993 US Congress votes for NAFTA
2006 U.S. comedian and actor Michael Richards launches a racially charged tirade at hecklers during a performance at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. Sony launches its next-generation console, the PlayStation 3, in North America.
2007 Parliamentary elections in Kosovo.
2010 Researchers at CERN trap 38 antihydrogen atoms for a sixth of a second, marking the inaugural time in history that humans have trapped antimatter.
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