Page 6: Historical Events In October - 09
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1937 August de Boeck, composer, dies at 72. 

1938 A Copland and E Lorings ballet "Billy the Kid," premieres in Chicago. 

1940 John Lennon, Former member of 'The Beatles' is born 

1940 Winston Churchill elected head of the Conservative party. 

1941 A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president 

1942 Statute of Westminster 1931 formalises Australian autonomy. 

1943 HMS CARLISLE (AA), damaged 9th October 1943, Eastern Mediterranean, south west of Rhodes in Scarpanto Strait by German Ju87 divebombers. 

1943 Gerard W Kerncamp, historian/editor-in-chief (Green Amsterdam), dies. 

1944 British PM Winston Churchill arrives in Russia for talks with Stalin 

1945 British troops occupy Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal 

1946 The inaugural electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50. 

1946 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50. 

1947 The inaugural telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane. 

1947 "High Button Shoes" opens at Century Theater NYC for 727 performances. 

1949 Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70. 

1955 Alice Joyce, actress (Song O' My Heart), dies at 65 

1958 Pope Pius XII dies, 19 years after elevation to the papacy. 

1958 Pius XII, [Eugenio Pacelli], Pope (1939-58), dies at 82 

1960 Howard Glenn NY Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game. 

1960 Howard Glenn, NY Titan, dies of injuries sustain in this day's game. 

1961 Tanganyika is recorded as becoming independent within the British Commonwealth 

1961 Volcano eruptions on Tristan de Cunha (South Atlantic). 

1962 Lulu McConnell comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80. 

1962 NASA civilian test pilot John B McKay takes X-15 to 39200 m. 

1962 Lulu McConnell, comediene (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 80. 

1963 Uganda is recorded as becoming a republic within the British Commonwealth. 

1963 Thurlow Weed Lieurance, composer, dies at 85 

1965 Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 4 weeks. 

1966 Balt Orioles sweep LA Dodgers, in 63rd World Series 

1967 Che Guevara executed in Bolivia. 

1967 Andre Maurois, [Emile Herzog], French writer (Balzac), dies. 

1968 Government seizes oil fields in Peru. 

1968 Pierre Mulele, Congolese rebel leader, executed 

1969 Supremes release "Someday We'll Be Together". 

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