Page 6: Historical Events In November - 24
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1960 Salomon "Sam" de Wolff, zionist/socialist theorist, dies at 82. 

1961 Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67. 

1962 Last of Dutch militia leave New-Guinea 

1962 James J Kilroy, tank inspector (Kilroy was here), dies at 60. 

1963 A inaugural, a live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. 

1963 Lee Harvey Oswald is shot by Jack Ruby 

1963 1st live murder on TV-Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. 

1963 Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's assassinator, shot dead by Jack Ruby 

1964 Rebellion ends in Zaire 

1964 30th Heisman Trophy Award: John Huarte, Notre Dame (QB) 

1964 John Fabricius, playwright, dies at 55. 

1965 Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, is recorded as becoming pres of Zaire. 

1966 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer NYC smog 

1966 1st TV station in Congo, Kinshasa (Zaire). 

1967 Arnold J d'ailly, mayor of Amsterdam (1946-56), dies at 65 

1968 In this year, Kathy Whitworth claims LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational. 

1969 Apollo 12 returns to Earth. 

1969 U.S. Army officials announce 1st Lt. William Calley will be court-martialed for the premeditated murder of 109 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai 

1970 Evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76. 

1971 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200000 

1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison NJ 

1972 Hall Overton, US composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies at 52 

1977 Richard Carlson, actor/director (Little Foxes, Hunted), dies at 65. 

1980 George Raft, actor (Scarface, Johnny Angel, Mr Ace), dies at 85 

1983 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4500 Palestinians and Lebanese 

1985 Cees Buddingh', Dutch poet/writer/interpreter/translator, dies at 67 

1989 Communist Party steps down in Czechoslovakia. 

1989 Guus Weitzel, Dutch radio host, dies at 85 

1990 Bulent Arel, composer, dies at 72. 

1991 The inaugural international flight from Long Island's MacArthur Airport (to Mexico) 

1991 US 75th manned space mission "STS 44" Atlantis 10 launched 

1991 Anton Furst, production designer (Batman), dies at 47. 

1992 Chinese air crash results in the deaths of 141 

1992 Henri J de Koster, Dutch Min of Defense (1971-73), dies at 78. 

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