Page 6: Historical Events In October - 08
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1942 Sergei Chaplygin, Soviet engineer 

1943 Great-Britain establishes bases on Azores 

1944 "Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" debut on CBS radio. 

1944 Wendell Lewis Wilkie, Republican politician, dies at 52. 

1945 Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada. 

1945 Herman T Colenbrander, historian, dies at 73. 

1946 Kwo-less-shrew selects Gen Chiang Kai-shek as president of China. 

1947 Felix Salten, [Siegmund Salzmann], Austria writer (Bambi), dies at 78 

1949 Sigourney Weaver, American actress is born. 

1950 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit. 

1951 "Music in the Air" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 56 performances. 

1952 2 trains collide with a derailed commuter train, results in the deaths of 112 (England). 

1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group. 

1953 Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41 

1955 Worlds most powerful aircraft carrier, Saratoga (US), launched 

1956 Don Larsen, NY, pitches only perfect World Series game, vs Brooklyn. 

1956 Dirk Koster, literary (New noises), dies at 69. 

1957 Turkish and Syrian border guards exchange fire 

1957 Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles 

1958 Braves Eddie Mathews strikes out for World Series record 11th time. 

1962 Algeria admitted as 109th member of the UN. 

1962 N Korea reports 100% election turnout, 100% vote for Workers' Party 

1962 Solomon Linda, South African singer and composer. 

1963 Sultan of Zanzibar cedes his mainland possessions to Kenya. 

1964 Ringo Starr takes and passes his driving test 

1964 Charles Hodge, NYU professor (Answers for Americans), dies at 69. 

1967 Clement R Attlee, premier pf Great Britain (1945-51), dies at 84. 

1969 Eduardo Ciannelli, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato), dies at 81 

1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit. 

1970 Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75. 

1971 In this year, John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine". 

1971 Christopher Dark, actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51 

1973 Gabriel Marcel, writer, dies. 

1975 Alberto Hemsi, composer, dies at 78 

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