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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1958 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me 
1959 Joe Foss named inaugural commissioner of AFL
1960 The inaugural International Harvester Scoutt all-terrain vehicle rolled off the assembly line at International Harvester's Fort Wayne plant.
1961 USSR vetoes Kuwait's application for UN membership
1961 Stanislaw Kazuro, composer, dies at 80.
1962 U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of UN unanimously.
1964 USSR launches Zond 2 towards Mars; no data returned
1964 Don Redman, orch leader (Sugar Hill Times), dies at 64.
1966 Barbados gains independence from Britain (National Day).
1966 Radio time signal WWV moves from Greenbelt, MD to Boulder, CO.
1967 In Albania a 6.5 quake centered centered along the Albania-Yugoslavia border in the vicinity of Debar, Yugoslavia, and Shupenze, Albania. Eighteen people were killed, 204 injured.
1967 Julie Nixon andDavid Eisenhower announce their engagement.
1967 Kuria Muria islands ceded by Britain to Oman.
1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain.
1967 Patrick Kavanagh, Irish screenwriterr (Great Hunger), dies.
1968 Diana Ross and The Supremes hit the #1 spot on the music charts with Love Child. The somewhat controversial tune (for the times) stayed at the top for two weeks
1970 In this year, George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass".
1972 BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi".
1972 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
1972 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71.
1973 Bruce Yarnell, LA Calif, actor (Outlaws), dies at 35
1974 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks).
1976 Fritz Rasp, actor (Diary of a Lost Girl), dies at 85
1979 Ted Koppel is recorded as becoming anchor of nightly news on Iranian Hostages (ABC)
1979 Joyce Grenfell (Adventure for Two), actress, dies at 69.
1981 Porn star John Holmes arrested on fugitive charges
1981 Robert H Harris, actor (Jake-Goldbergs), dies at 72
1982 STS-6 vehicle moves to launch pad
1982 The Dow Jones industrial average jumped a mighty 36.43 points. It was the fourth largest gain in the stock market’s 87-year history.
1982 US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea.
1983 Radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip).
1983 George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1986 Cary Grant, Brit/US actor (Awful Truth, Charade, Father Goose), dies.
1987 Arthur H Dean, lawyer/advisor to FDR, dies at 89
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