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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1939 In this year, Following Finland's rejection of Soviet formally claims to sign a mutual assistance pact and cede Finnish territory for the defense of Leningrad, the Red Army attacks Finland at various positions along the Russo-Finnish frontier. 
1939 USSR invades Finland over a border dispute
1939 21 U boats sunk this month (52000 ton).
1940 inaugural game of only 2-game Grey Cup (Ottawa 8, Toronto Balmy Beach 2)
1940 Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.
1940 28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 1): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 8-2
1940 Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78
1941 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes its last run.
1941 101 year old Nyack-Tarrytown (NY) ferry makes it's last run.
1942 -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal
1944 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground.
1944 Max Halbe, writer, dies at 79
1945 Macy's produces its inaugural Thanksgiving Day Parade
1945 33rd CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 35-0.
1946 Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba.
1947 Day after UN decree for Israel, Jewish settlements attacked
1947 Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine
1947 Earnest Lubitsch, actor/director (Anna Boleyn, Ninotchka), dies
1948 Baseball's Negro National League disbands
1948 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin.
1948 Franco Vittadini, composer, dies at 64.
1949 A Sikorsky helicopter flew from NAS Seattle to NAS Alameda in 10 hours and 50 minutes and unofficially bettered the existing distance record for helicopters with a flight of 755 miles
1949 Chinese Communists captured Chungking.
1950 US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb
1952 Jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism
1953 French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
1954 inaugural meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL)
1954 The inaugural modern instance of a meteorite striking a human being occurs at Sylacauga, Alabama, when a meteorite crashes through the roof of a house and into a living room, bounces off a radio, and strikes a woman on the hip.
1954 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala).
1955 "Pipe Dream" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 245 performances.
1955 Josip Slavenski, composer, dies at 59
1956 1st use of videotape on TV (Douglas Edwards and the News).
1957 "Happy Hunting" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 413 performances
1958 inaugural guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me.
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