Page 7: Historical Events In October - 04
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1970 George Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71 

1971 Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World. 

1971 Edit Angold, actor (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel), dies at 76 

1972 Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61 

1974 In this year, John Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges" album. 

1974 Anne Sexton, US poetess (Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45. 

1975 Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72 

1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz steps down due to telling a racial joke. 

1976 TV audiences watched as Barbara Walters joined Harry Reasoner at the anchor desk of the ABC Evening News for the inaugural time 

1976 Alexander Gray, singer (This is Music), dies at 74 

1977 Pier 39 opens in SF 

1978 Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I 

1979 Christina Spierenburg, Dutch singer, dies at 56. 

1981 Olympic star Bruce Jenner added the title of actor to his resume. He joined singer Harry Belafonte in their inaugural dramatic roles on NBC-TV’ s Grambling’ s White Tiger. 

1982 Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier, dies 

1983 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car. 

1984 There it goes! It could be, it might be, it’ s..." A sad day for long-suffering Chicago Cubs fans. Chicago lost to the Padres 7-1 in the National League Championship Series. 1986 Oct 04, Dan Rather, of The CBS Evening News, was mugged by two men in New York City 

1984 US govt closes down due to budget problems 

1985 Henry G Perry completes 157 day, 14021 mile bicycle tour of Australia. 

1985 Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley 

1988 Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid. 

1989 Graham Chapman, comedian (Monty Python), dies of cancer at 48 

1990 Regional elections held, in what was East Germany 

1990 Avis Bunnage, actor (Loneliness of Long Distance Runner), dies at 67 

1991 NHL NY Rangers trade Bernie Nichols to Edmonton for Mark Messier 

1991 Leonard C Odell, wrote 7000 Burma Shave poems, dies at 83. 

1992 Itzhak Fuks, El Al captain, crashes in Bijlmer Netherlands 

1993 Fran Carlon, dies of cancer at 80. 

1994 Bill Challis, arranger/Pianist, dies at 90 

1995 Peter Nicholson Gunn, writer, dies at 81 

1996 Martyn Harris, journalist, dies at 43 

2005 Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, son of Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium is born. 

2005 Hurricane Stan hits Mexico and Central America killing over 1620 people 

2006 The Dow Industrial Average closes above 11800 for the inaugural time rising 123.27 points, or 1.05%, finishing at 11850.61 

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