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Tuesday, 24 February 2026
1970 Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne results in the deaths of 35 and injures 17 
1974 National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing.
1976 In this year, Ringo releases "A Dose of Rock 'n' Roll".
1976 The inaugural debate of major-ticket VP nominees Mondale (D) vs Dole (R)
1976 Carlo Gambino, US gangster, dies at 74.
1977 Debbie Boone's "You Light Up My Life," goes #1 and stays #1 for 10 weeks.
1977 Ralph Truman, actor (Henry V, Treasure Island), dies at 77
1979 NY Knicks retire 2nd number, # 10, Walt Frazier.
1979 The inaugural Monday Night Footbal game from NYC, Jets beat Vikings 14-7 (Shea Stad).
1981 Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies.
1982 Elsie Randolph, actress (That'll Make You Whistle), dies
1983 Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for quickest 5 goals (84 seconds)
1983 US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport.
1983 Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83.
1985 Shelley Taylor of Australia makes quickest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds
1985 Shuttle Columbia carries Spacelab into orbit
1985 Meret Oppenheim, writer, dies at 72.
1987 Fiji is recorded as becoming a republic, after belonging to Britain since 1874.
1987 Fiji's governor-general steps down, ending century of allegiance by the South Pacific island to British crown.
1987 NFL Players Assn orders an end to the 24 day strike
1987 Thomas Sankara, president of Burkina Faso, dies
1988 Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires
1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run HR to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of 85th World Series
1989 Billy Graham is given the 1900th star on Hollywood Blvd.
1989 South African pres FW de Klerk frees Sisulu and 4 other political prisoners.
1989 Wayne Gretsky passes Gordie Howes as NHL's all time top scorer.
1990 Mikhail Gorbachev awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1990 Delphine Seyrig, dies of lung disease at 58.
1991 Clarence Thomas is confirmed as Supreme Court Justice (52-48)
1991 Hotze de Roos, carpenter/kid book writer (Chameleon series), dies.
1992 Dorothy Helen Baker, mother of Diane Baker, dies at 78.
1993 Ken E Jones, musician (New Amsterdam Symph Orch), dies of AIDS at 34
1994 Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29
1995 Arthur Carleton Hetherington, public servant, dies at 82.
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